Mar 6, 2019 | Affordable Housing, Media Coverage
Over the past few years, housing experts have found a disturbing pattern of high eviction rates in cities throughout the U.S. As a result, local governments, community organizations, and housing advocates have come together to try and combat this issue. On Tue., March...
Feb 20, 2019 | Affordable Housing, Media Coverage
Celeste Scott left her Natrona Way apartment in Upper Lawrenceville when her son was 13. That’s when her landlord told her rent was going to nearly triple. Today her son is 21, and after several moves, Ms. Scott is living in Homestead and advocating for measures to...
Dec 18, 2018 | Affordable Housing, Media Coverage
The first city budget since Pittsburgh emerged from 14 years of oversight won nearly-unanimous final approval Tuesday, but not without drawing criticism from affordable housing advocates. Touting the budget and the five-year outlook as “fiscally responsible,” Mayor...
Dec 6, 2018 | Affordable Housing, Media Coverage
A number of housing and neighborhood advocates are asking city council to reverse proposed budget cuts to Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority that they say would hurt affordable housing and neighborhood investment, if implemented. Advocates say the URA...
Jul 13, 2018 | Affordable Housing, Media Coverage
Pittsburgh City Council approved a revenue stream for the Housing Opportunity Fund in December 2017, and last month approved members of an advisory board. They met for the first time on Friday. Those 17 people are charged with figuring out how to allocate the fund’s...
Jun 20, 2018 | Affordable Housing, Media Coverage
The city of Pittsburgh’s Housing Opportunity Fund is one step closer to investing in affordable housing. Pittsburgh City Council approved 16 members to the fund’s advisory board at its meeting Tuesday. A final member should be named next week. The board will...
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