NEIGHBORHOODS AND MAIN STREETS
Providing Access to Safe, Affordable Housing and Strong Neighborhoods
Erie’s economic future begins at home. Neighborhoods and main streets are where families grow, small businesses thrive, and neighbors invest in one another. But for too long, too many Erie residents have faced barriers to safe, affordable, and stable housing.
Infinite Erie is working to change that. As a convener and catalyst, we coordinate leadership, planning, and funding to accelerate housing solutions across the region. From chronic homelessness to workforce housing shortages, we support real solutions grounded in data, driven by collaboration, and shaped by community need.
The Housing Continuum
To build thriving neighborhoods, we must meet people where they are. Infinite Erie supports housing investments across the full continuum:
Supportive Housing:
For individuals experiencing chronic homelessness, including projects like Housing First Erie.
Affordable Housing:
For families earning below the median income, often through adaptive reuse and multi-unit developments.
Workforce Housing
For essential workers and moderate-income residents priced out of the current market.
Bringing Housing First to Life
In 2024, Infinite Erie partnered with Housing First Erie to advance permanent supportive housing in Erie. Together, the project team secured the Washington Square property at 148 W. 21st Street, a development that now delivers more than 70 safe, stable units for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness.
Infinite Erie provided critical planning support, coordinated stakeholders, and identified transformative funding to make this milestone possible.
“Tackling affordable housing is a tough challenge — and it draws on the momentum already being built toward lasting solutions that, if successful, will last for generations.”
— Wyatt Schroeder,
Housing Director, Infinite Erie
Why It Matters
Housing is more than shelter. It’s the foundation of economic mobility, health, and opportunity.
Strong housing systems reduce long-term community costs, attract employers, and create stability that improves lives across generations.
Infinite Erie strengthens this work by aligning public and private resources, advancing housing policy conversations, and helping project sponsors navigate the complex path from idea to implementation.
What We’re Tracking
We measure success using key performance indicators like:
Access to quality, affordable housing
Reduction in chronic homelessness
Increase in workforce housing units available across the region
Ready for What’s Next?
The work doesn’t stop with priorities.
Explore how real projects across Erie are making this vision a reality.