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Beatrice Román, a tenant of Hi View Gardens whose former apartment was inspected by the Allegheny County Health Department four times this year — for mice and roaches, leaks, no heat and holes in wall — uses her phone's flashlight to show the inside of a kitchen cabinet. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

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

by Kate Giammarise and Rich Lord August 6, 2021January 12, 2022

State Rep. Austin Davis, D-McKeesport, stands in front of Hi View Gardens, an affordable housing complex purchased in 2018 by PNC Bank. “They need to address the safety concerns immediately,” said Davis. “After reading your story, my initial question is: Is it safe for the people who live here to live here?” (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

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

by Kate Giammarise and Rich Lord August 2, 2021January 5, 2022

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 Kate Giammarise, Rich Lord 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 Kate Giammarise, Rich Lord and Ryan Loew July 26, 2021October 11, 2023

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