ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
A guide to affordable housing in Pittsburgh
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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.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
As Bloomfield weighs new development, residents seek to prioritize affordable housing
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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.
Let's talk about RACE
Targeted by a white supremacist in Pittsburgh for being a ‘race traitor’
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What follows is my story, and the stories of three other local white women who found themselves in the scope of Lloyd’s hate.
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Pittsburgh promised to welcome Syrian refugees. These youth give the efforts a mixed review.
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“If Pittsburgh helps us, we will help them. Give us the opportunity; we will do great things.”
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Trump’s travel ban was issued Jan. 27. Fatuma Sharif hasn’t heard from her granddaughter since.
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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.
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Making it in Pittsburgh as a Somali Bantu
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Most people in Pittsburgh know very little about the Somali Bantu community residing here. You can catch signs of their culture throughout the city: glimpses of women and children at bus stops in colorful dresses and hijab, the smell of savory samosas drifting out of homes.