district
1
• ALLEGHENY WEST & CENTER
• BRIGHTON HEIGHTS
• FINEVIEW
• PERRY NORTH
• NORTHVIEW HEIGHTS
• NORTH SHORE
• TROY HILL
Ranked 5th
in total private and public funding
Councilman
BOBBY WILSON
Councilman Bobby Wilson’s District 1 represents 14 North Side neighborhoods, including the high-income Brighton Heights, as well as the city’s lowest-income census tract, Northview Heights (which contains a large public housing community run by the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh). District 1 saw just over $1 billion in loan dollars approved between 2007 and 2020, nine percent of the citywide total.
This district also represents wide contrasts in lending: While more than 2,400 loans for $230 million were approved in Brighton Heights between 2007 and 2019, just 12 loans for $846,000 were approved in Northview Heights over the same period, the second-lowest loan dollar amount of any neighborhood in the city.
Table 10E. Total Public and Private Investment in District 1, 2007-2020 Councilman Bobby Wilson
Neighborhood
PHFA
HACP
URA
Total Public $
Total Private $
Total Public and Private $
$34,800,008
$218,797,000
$253,597,008
Central Northside
$34,612,508
$0
$187,500
Brighton Heights
$0
$0
$1,562,076
$1,562,076
$230,032,000
$231,594,076
$2,276,100
$140,852,000
$143,128,100
Troy Hill
$0
$0
$2,276,100
East Allegheny**
$0
$0
$7,180,405
$7,180,405
$128,594,000
$135,774,405
$1,725,000
$129,363,000
$131,088,000
$1,725,000
$0
$0
Allegheny West*
Perry North
$0
$0
$1,629,366
$1,629,366
$106,226,000
$107,855,366
$3,256,936
$42,131,000
$45,387,936
Marshall -Shadeland
$0
$0
$3,256,936
Northview Heights
$0
$40,961,547
$0
$40,961,547
$846,000
$41,807,547
$17,649,062
$22,645,000
$40,294,062
Fineview
$0
$16,996,272
$652,790
Summer Hill
$0
$0
$0
$0
$33,724,000
$33,724,000
$0
$29,548,000
$29,548,000
Spring Hill-City View
$0
$0
$0
Spring Garden
$0
$0
$0
$0
$9,781,000
$9,781,000
$3,509,906
$3,509,906
North Shore**
$0
$254,304
$3,255,602
Allegheny Center*
$0
$0
$2,611,657
$2,611,657
$2,611,657
Totals
$34,612,508
$24,337,432
$58,212,123
$117,162,063
$1,092,539,000
$1,209,701,063
Minority Community Totals
$61,867,545
$65,622,000
$127,489,545
Grey shaded areas are minority
Blue sha Notes: *Bank lending to Allegheny West includes Allegheny Center;
**Bank lending to East Allegheny includes North Shore. ded areas are minority
Public funds worth $117,162,063 in Councilman Wilson’s district ranked it 6th for most public investment, out of the nine council districts. Combined public and private investment, however, placed District 1 fifth in total investment, 90.3% of which came from private sources. Private bank investment in Councilman Wilson’s three minority communities of $65 million was nearly equal to public investment of $61 million.