Kate Giammarise, Author at PublicSource

Even PNC Bank’s resources haven’t cured all that ails two affordable McKeesport apartment properties, but 2022 may see new rental-housing initiatives by PNC, Pittsburgh and Allegheny County government.

Author Archives: Kate Giammarise

In McKeesport and throughout Allegheny County, no quick fixes for rental housing woes

‘I have nowhere to go with my family.’

Tenant Cities: Unpaid housing health fines leave some Allegheny County tenants cold

Expect the inspector: Unlike Pittsburgh, the state’s No. 3 city examines every rental home — eventually

Hundreds of violations, few penalties: Allegheny County’s health enforcers frequently inspected — but rarely fined — two McKeesport properties

PNC Bank pledges to address ‘completely unacceptable’ conditions as officials demand changes at its McKeesport properties

‘We can’t sleep since then.’ How faulty heating and a bullet meant months of conflict and heartache for one of PNC Bank’s McKeesport tenants

Facing roaches, rodents, leaks and balky heat and fire alarm systems, fed-up tenants of PNC Bank’s McKeesport complexes demand change

PNC tries to slow the housing market’s ‘runaway train’

Tenant Cities: One day in Allegheny County’s eviction hotspot