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Beatrice Román carries belongings to a new apartment in Hi View Gardens on June 10, 2021. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

‘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

by Rich Lord, Kate Giammarise and Ryan Loew July 26, 2021January 5, 2022

A resident of Hi View Gardens and her young son, seen through a gate, cross the main parking lot of the five-building McKeesport complex. One building — to the right — is empty following a 2020 fire. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

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

by Rich Lord, Kate Giammarise and Ryan Loew July 26, 2021January 5, 2022

Midtown Plaza, an 11-story apartment building, is one of two affordable housing properties in McKeesport that PNC Bank bought in May 2018. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

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

by Rich Lord and Kate Giammarise July 26, 2021January 5, 2022

Happiness Nyirenda, a tenant of The Alden South Hills who is the defendant in an eviction case filed by the landlord, prepares to go to her job as a certified nurse assistant, helping seniors. She was behind in her rent by $785 at the time the landlord filed against her. (Photo by Jay Manning/PublicSource)

Local Government

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

by Rich Lord, Kate Giammarise and Jay Manning March 11, 2021January 5, 2022

An application for rental relief, submitted by DaJuan Davis of Penn Hills and his landlord in July, was rejected. (Photo by Jay Manning/PublicSource)

Tenant Cities: Going it alone in Allegheny County

by Rich Lord and Kate Giammarise February 1, 2021January 5, 2022