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In 1819, some Pittsburgh artisans saw mass production coming and knowing what it could do to their livelihoods, opened up a shared workshop and warehouse downtown, where First and Wood Streets are today, in order to stay competitive. That was Pittsburgh’s first cooperative, the Pittsburgh Manufacturers Association.
The new form of housing will be one part of a viable and long-overdue alternative to prevailing market-based housing policies, policies that leave affordable housing in the hands of for-profit developers and unregulated markets. On May 25th, Mayor Ed Gainey signed a resolution for the City of Pittsburgh to explore Limited-Equity Cooperatives (LECs) as a remedy to the city’s affordable housing shortage.
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