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Directory of Organizations and Advisory Groups in Allegheny County

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Vacant Property Review Committee

Address: Koppers Building
436 7th Avenue, Suite 500
Pittsburgh, PA 15219 
Meeting Place: Microsoft Teams 
Meeting Time: 10:00 am 
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Details:
The Program was first started in 1984 in Braddock as a program of the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County (RAAC). The program eventually operated in the following communities with the date of initiation in parenthesis: Wilkinsburg (1985); Rankin (1990); North Braddock (1992; Carnegie (1992); Homestead (1995); Pitcairn (1999); and McKees Rocks (1999). In 1994, the Program was reorganized so that all participating municipalities were encompassed in the Allegheny County Vacant Property Review Committee (VPRC), instead of maintaining separate Vacant Property Review Committees for each municipality. Allegheny County operates multi municipal Vacant Property Program. The Program is authorized under the Urban Redevelopment Authority Law of Pennsylvania, Act 94 of 1978, as amended (35 P.S. Section 1712.1). The Program is also locally authorized via Ordinance, September 23, 1993 Board of County Commissioners Action (#1247-93). The ordinance was amended on July 5, 2000, via Legislative Action (of the County Council) to reflect changes in membership.Section 1 of the ordinance now requires that the members of the County’s Vacant Property Review Committee shall be appointed as follows; One member appointed by the Allegheny County Executive; One member of County Council appointed by said body; One member of the Allegheny County Department of Economic Development’s Housing Division, appointed by the Director of ACDOED; One member of the Allegheny County Department of Economic Development’s Planning Division appointed by the Director of; One member appointed by the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County Board; One member appointed by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development; and One member appointed by the Allegheny County Health Department, through its Director.

Vacant Property Recovery Program

Members:

Member
William McLain
Joseph Ott
Otis Pitts
Johnna Pro
DeWitt Walton