Rep. Summer Lee Presents $3 Million Check to Support Affordable Housing in Allegheny County

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PITTSBURGH, PA - MARCH 10, 2026 - Today, Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12)joined Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato, Lieutenant Governor Austin A. Davis, local leaders, and housing advocates at the Avenue Apartments in Braddock to present a $3 million Community Project Funding (CPF) investment to support affordable housing initiatives across Allegheny County.

The federal funding will help expand access to safe and affordable housing and support local efforts to develop and preserve housing for working families throughout the county.

"I was proud to deliver this $3 million federal investment for affordable housing in Allegheny County," said Rep. Summer Lee. "My team and I worked to secure these Community Project Funding dollars so that communities like Braddock have the resources to expand affordable housing and support working families. Stable housing means families can plan for the future instead of worrying about the next rent payment, seniors can stay in the communities they helped build, and children don't have to change schools because housing fell through. When we fight for our communities in Washington, we can bring real investments back home and make sure our neighbors have the safe, affordable places to live that they deserve."

Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato and other regional partners joined the event to underscore the importance of sustained public investment in housing and the need for coordinated efforts to address the region's housing needs.

"This investment will help us move our neighbors from shelter into safe, stable, affordable homes," said Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato. "By acquiring and revitalizing existing apartment buildings, we can respond more quickly to rising rents and homelessness while preserving long-term affordability. I am grateful to Congresswoman Summer Lee for her continued partnership in making sure every person in Allegheny County has a place to call home."

"We're dealing with a housing market that's out of whack, with limited supply and too few affordable options," said Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis. "It's not just the unhoused population that is struggling with housing - a lot of working-class and middle-class families are struggling too. What the Congresswoman has done, bringing this $3 million back for affordable housing, is critical. And it's why we need a team effort at the federal, state and local level to make housing more affordable and help more Pennsylvanians achieve the dream of finding a place they can call home."

The funding is part of the Community Project Funding program, which allows members of Congress to direct federal resources toward critical projects that address community priorities.

Since taking office, Congresswoman Lee has delivered more than $2.7 billion in federal funding to PA-12, including major investments in infrastructure, affordable transit, clean energy manufacturing, workforce development, and community spaces. Through her Community Project Funding efforts, Lee has secured direct investments for community-based organizations, including a $1 million CPF award to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, $450,000 to the Trade Institute of Pittsburgh, over $1.5 million in federal support for the Tree of Life rebuilding and healing initiatives, $1 million in Community Project Funding for historic renovations at the Carnegie Library of Homestead, and more than $1 million in federal funding to combat blight and revitalize housing in North Braddock.

These projects are part of more than $24.9 million in Community Project Funding secured during her time in Congress. Congresswoman Lee's office has consistently directed federal dollars to historically overlooked communities to ensure equitable access to opportunities and long-term regional growth and stability.

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Congresswoman Summer Lee serves on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on Education and Workforce. Since taking office in January 2023, shehas delivered historic levels of federal investment totaling over $2.7 Billionbrought back to Western PA, including over $580 million for infrastructure, over $110 million for affordable transit, over $500 million to keep clean energy manufacturing at home in Pennsylvania, and over $55 million on clean energy efforts in and around schools to help keep our kids and communities safe. These investments will help improve Western Pennsylvania's infrastructure and transit, ensure cleaner air and drinking water, lower housing costs, fund research institutions, fuel clean manufacturing, fund STEM innovation and entrepreneurship, boost workforce development, and create thousands of good paying union jobs.  Lee and her team have also delivered casework and constituent services to over 3,000 constituents with issues ranging from helping our seniors and disabled community access Medicare and social security to helping folks secure housing and helping families with immigration support and passports.