Penn Plaza Activists Criticize Peduto For Broken Promises, While Mayor Says The City Did Enough
Affordable housing activists are calling out Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto , saying he hasn't done enough to help low- income residents evicted from East Liberty's Penn Plaza Apartments . But Peduto responded, saying his administration has gone "overboard" to help relocate the displaced residents. "To say that the city didn't do enough is an insult," Peduto said. "Even when we did [find new housing], they said no, and now they're holding protests saying we didn't do enough." In the summer of 2015, approximately 200 residents of the Penn Plaza Apartments were served 90- day eviction notices by developers LG Realty Advisors . This was a shock to the mostly low-income residents, who found out their homes would be razed to support an upscale Whole Foods grocery store , a plan that has since been cancelled. Although the city stepped in to give residents more time to move, activist groups like Homes for All and the Penn Plaza Support ...