PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A little more than one week from the start of Pride Month, local organizations came together in Oakland to break ground on Western Pennsylvania’s first affordable housing complex for seniors in the LGBTQ+ community, only the second of its kind in the state.
Martin Healey put shovel to dirt with other local leaders at an empty space by Forbes and Craft Thursday morning.
“As a kid, I can remember driving up Forbes here and knowing someday this space will be developed, never even thinking that this is what would end up here,” Healey said.
What’s going up there are the new Mosaic Apartments.
“It’s so wonderful to see this come to fruition,” Healey said.
They will be a home for elderly members of the LGBTQ+ community, a group Healey serves as the CEO of the mental health agency, the Persad Center. […]
Click here to read the full piece. This story was originally published by KDKA-TV on May 23, 2024.
