Rep. Summer Lee Secures Over $14.1 Million for Community Projects Across Western Pennsylvania

PITTSBURGH, PA — MARCH 09, 2026 — Today, Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12) announced that her office has secured $14,142,000 in federal funding for 15 community projects across Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District through the Fiscal Year 2026 Community Project Funding (CPF) process. The investments will support critical infrastructure improvements, affordable housing, public safety programs, environmental remediation, and community revitalization efforts across Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties. 

“For far too long, communities across Western Pennsylvania, especially historically overlooked working-class communities, have been told to make do with crumbling infrastructure, abandoned properties, and a lack of investment in the spaces that bring people together,” said Rep. Summer Lee. “These projects are about changing that. From creating affordable housing for our neighbors experiencing homelessness, to rebuilding bridges and water systems, to restoring community spaces like libraries and recreation centers, these investments are about making sure our communities finally have the resources they deserve to grow, rebuild, and create new opportunities for the people who call PA-12 home. I’m incredibly proud to have secured more than $14 million in federal funding for these projects because this is what fighting for our communities looks like: delivering real investments that improve people’s daily lives.” 

The FY26 Community Project Funding awards from Congresswoman Lee include: 

• $3,000,000 to expand affordable housing options for people exiting homelessness in Allegheny County. Funding will support the acquisition of underutilized apartment buildings and conversion of vacant units into 50 affordable homes for individuals transitioning out of homelessness. 
• $1,200,000 for the Mon Valley Strategic Blight Removal Project. The project will demolish 16 unsafe structures across McKeesport, White Oak, North Braddock, and Clairton to prepare sites for future housing, green space, and economic development. 
• $1,092,000 for Transite Water Line Replacements in Monroeville. The project will replace approximately 9,700 feet of aging asbestos-cement water lines, improving the safety and reliability of the local drinking water system. 
• $1,075,000 for the Biddle Property Access and Irwin Discharge Elimination Project in Westmoreland County. The project will support initial remediation efforts to address one of Pennsylvania’s largest sources of abandoned mine drainage pollution affecting local waterways. 
• $1,015,000 for Blight Elimination in North Braddock Borough (PA). Funding will support the creation of an internal demolition unit and the purchase of heavy equipment to address more than 700 abandoned properties, helping eliminate blight and improve public health and safety. 
• $1,015,000 for the Rehabilitation of the Carnegie Library of Homestead in Munhall, PA. The funding will support critical renovations to the historic facility, ensuring continued access to educational resources and community programming while preserving a cultural landmark that has served the Mon Valley for more than 125 years. 
• $1,000,000 for Downtown Pittsburgh Office-to-Housing Conversion Projects. The funding will help convert vacant office space into affordable housing while activating ground-floor retail and supporting downtown economic recovery. 
• $850,000 for reconstruction of the 2nd Street Bridge in the City of Jeannette. The project will improve safety for vehicles, emergency responders, and pedestrians through structural improvements and ADA-compliant sidewalks and ramps. 
• $850,000 for the replacement of the Versailles Avenue Viaduct in McKeesport. Funding will support a major bridge replacement project that will reconnect critical routes to schools, healthcare services, and local businesses. 
• $850,000 to support construction of a Community and Recreation Center in West Mifflin. The facility will provide space for athletics, meetings, internet access, and other community programming. 
• $675,000 for a new Department of Public Works Facility in the Borough of Whitaker. The project will construct a facility to house municipal equipment and support maintenance operations, improving service delivery for street maintenance, snow removal, and emergency response. 
• $520,000 for the Piney Fork Interceptor Lining Project in Bethel Park. Funding will upgrade a deteriorating sewage interceptor using modern sewer lining technology to reduce stormwater infiltration and prevent sewer overflows. 
• $400,000 for the Greenfield Elementary School Community Schoolyard Project in Pittsburgh. The project will transform an asphalt schoolyard into a green play and learning space while helping reduce flooding through permeable surfaces and gardens. 
• $350,000 for the Juvenile Justice Prevention Project operated by Youth Advocate Programs in Pittsburgh. The program will provide mentoring, family engagement, and career guidance to help adjudicated youth successfully reintegrate into their communities. 
• $250,000 to create a Community Hub at the Thaddeus Stevens Center in Pittsburgh. Funding will transform unused space in the former elementary school into a gathering place for youth- and family-serving organizations in the West End. 

Together, these projects represent $14,142,000 in new federal investment in PA-12 communities and are part of Congresswoman Lee’s ongoing effort to secure resources that strengthen infrastructure, expand opportunity, and support long-term economic stability across Western Pennsylvania. 

Through her previous 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, and $1 million in Community Project Funding for historic renovations at the Carnegie Library of Homestead.  

These projects are part of more than $24.9 million in Community Project Funding secured during her time in Congress. 

To review Congresswoman Lee’s CPF submissions for FY2026, please click here. 

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. 

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, she has delivered historic levels of federal investment totaling over $2.7 Billion brought 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 4,000 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.