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Category: ECONOMY & HOUSING

McKees Rocks on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. Leaders in the borough are hoping that investment in homeownership for existing low-income residents is the most effective way to nurture multi-generational wealth. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)
Posted inECONOMY & HOUSING

Thousands of affordable houses? Efforts to scale up development of for-sale homes extend beyond city.

Avatar photo by Eric Jankiewicz September 25, 2023September 27, 2023

Affordable housing initiatives generally build or preserve apartments that rent to households under certain income caps, with time limits on how long the apartments stay affordable. Affordable for-sale housing is the exception.

A rendering of the University of Pittsburgh's proposed BioForge building, slated for Hazelwood Green and approved by the City Planning Commission on Sept. 19, 2023.
Posted inDEVELOP PGH

Pitt’s BioForge approved, bringing further tech facilities to Hazelwood

Avatar photo by Eric Jankiewicz September 19, 2023September 19, 2023
A line divides three row houses on the right from eight row houses on the right. (Photo illustration by Natasha Vicens/PublicSource)
Posted inEXECUTIVE DECISION

Property taxes divide Allegheny County executive candidates, and Philadelphia’s experience looms large

charlie wolfson profile picture, wearing a green shirt by Charlie Wolfson and Rich Lord September 15, 2023September 15, 2023
A former Pittsburgh Land Bank property in Larimer on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)
Posted inDEVELOP PGH

Pittsburgh Land Bank slated to transfer 17 properties in its biggest transaction to date

Avatar photo by Eric Jankiewicz September 14, 2023September 18, 2023
Richard Garland, center, seated, executive director of Reimagine Reentry, laughs with his team on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, in their Hill District offices. Garland and his team work to identify trends in community violence and to prevent violence through victim relocation, connecting to services and supports and creating community relationships. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY

Anti-violence teams surge as $50 million in Allegheny County funding flows

Avatar photo by Venuri Siriwardane September 12, 2023September 18, 2023
A person sits beside Second Avenue Commons as framed by the surrounding bridge and highway, on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2023, in Uptown. The evening was the last night for people to sty in the facility’s overflow shelter, which opened in conjunction with the June 21 closing of the emergency shelter at Smithfield United Church of Christ. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)
Posted inShelter Stakes

Shelter space around downtown Pittsburgh dwindles with another closure

Avatar photo by Eric Jankiewicz September 11, 2023September 18, 2023
New construction in the Lower Hill rises beyond the trees and rooftops of the Crawford Square Apartments on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, in Crawford-Roberts. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)
Posted inInvestigations

As the legal ground shifts under race-specific programs, Pittsburgh inches toward a long-delayed review of policies

Avatar photocharlie wolfson profile picture, wearing a green shirt by An-Li Herring, Eric Jankiewicz and Charlie Wolfson September 7, 2023September 10, 2023
Mist blurs the patchwork housing of the South Side Slopes during a dark afternoon on Tuesday, July 6, 2022, as seen from across the Monongahela River. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)
Posted inHEALTH

Vote delayed on proposed Allegheny County housing health code changes

Avatar photo by Venuri Siriwardane September 6, 2023September 6, 2023
Tents line a patch of grass in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, August 2, 2023. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)
Posted inShelter Stakes

Pittsburgh creates new policy addressing tent encampmentsĀ 

Avatar photo by Eric Jankiewicz August 31, 2023September 4, 2023
Crewmembers clear rocks and debris from 1.2 miles of new trails built by Landforce this summer in Seldom Seen Greenway in Beechview.
Posted inENVIRONMENT

Working the brownfields: Postindustrial sites turn into opportunities for local employment and environmental restoration

by Quinn Glabicki August 29, 2023August 28, 2023

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