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Known as area median income [AMI], the benchmark is revised each year by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. AMI is the midpoint of all the incomes in the region — if all of the household incomes in the county are listed from least to greatest, the AMI would be the value in the middle of that list.
From state budget fights to outdated eligibility limits for assistance programs, this list breaks down the barriers to the social safety net.
An Allegheny County program meant to remove lead from homes is faltering. Families are worried that their children are at risk.
In an effort to demystify some of the terms and offer a roadmap to understand the state of housing in our city, PublicSource has created a primer on affordable housing.
In a proposed development for the Bloomfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh, ‘affordable housing’ looks like a one-room efficiency apartment for $1,012 a month. That dollar figure concerns some longtime residents who worry they’ll eventually be priced out of their neighborhood instead of being included in its development boom.
What follows is my story, and the stories of three other local white women who found themselves in the scope of Lloyd’s hate.
“If Pittsburgh helps us, we will help them. Give us the opportunity; we will do great things.”
In the days leading up to Jan. 27, 2017, Fatuma Sharif was anxious yet hopeful. Her granddaughter, whom she had not seen in years, was due to arrive in the United States from the Jijiga-Āwuberē refugee camp in Ethiopia. Then Trump's travel ban happened.
