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501-503 N 4th St Rooming House

Allentown

Description

Convert a vacant social club into a 33-unit rooming house with multiple density and square footage variances.

Impact summary

Fills a long-vacant 'white elephant' building with affordable rooms for mostly car-less, low-income tenants; caretakers and cameras are promised to manage the site.

Applicant

Name: Milvil, LLC for Drake Edward, LLC
Address: 501-503 N 4th St

At a glance

Hearings: 1
Public comments: 0
Total mentions: 1

Last vote · Zoning Hearing Board

Approved3–0, unanimous

Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 26, 2026.

Meeting timeline (1)

Oct 26, 2026Approved 3–0

Zoning Hearing Board — October 26, 2026

Vacant social club with bowling alleys and a mismatched ballroom addition becomes a 33-room single-room-occupancy house — 21 rooms under 250 square feet and far past the six-unit lot cap — with two on-site caretakers and a 14-space lot across Liberty Street.

Related issues (1)

High-Density Rooming House Proposal at 501-503 N 4th St

Last discussed Oct 26, 2026

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