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Economy & Housing

Many tools, little impact: Abandoned property programs struggle to address vacancy problem, but change may be coming

by Lucas Dufalla August 7, 2023August 24, 2023

In May the Pittsburgh Land Bank sold its first property on Mount Washington’s Boggs Avenue. (Photo by Alexis Wary/PublicSource)

Updated: Pittsburgh City Council approves land bank agreement, hoping for more property reuse

by Lucas Dufalla and Eric Jankiewicz August 1, 2023August 1, 2023

View of workers in car. Kaila Venezia, a community social worker with Pittsburgh Public Safety and the City of Pittsburgh Office of Community Health and Safety, and Pittsburgh Fire Bureau Lt. Chad Hirosky, respond to a call as part of the city’s High Utilizer Program on Thursday, July 27, 2023, in Lawrenceville. Venezia looks down as she checks her phone. Lt. Hirosky gets into the driver's seat. The team, made up of people from the fire bureau and sometimes social workers and medics, links high utilizers of 911 to available services and supports them until they are ready to accept help. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

911 becomes the go-to help line for ‘high utilizers.’ Who’s reaching out to help them? Pittsburgh firefighters

by Elizabeth Szeto August 1, 2023July 28, 2023

A Pittsburgh Bureau of Police vehicle in South Side in August 2022. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Local Government

City efforts to address racial bias in traffic enforcement have reduced the number of stops, but disparities remain

by Elizabeth Szeto July 25, 2023July 24, 2023

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh [HACP] labor crew member Kevin Williams of the Hill District cuts one of a series of lawns in Bedford Dwellings on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in the Hill District.

Economy & Housing

$50 million federal infusion coming to Pittsburgh housing authority’s Hill District revamp

by Eric Jankiewicz July 21, 2023July 24, 2023

Rob Perkins, an attorney who has does some court-appointed work, stands for a portrait in the Pittsburgh Municipal Court on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, Downtown. Perkins has been a proponent in the fight for fairer attorney compensation. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Updated: Attorneys applaud ‘first step’ toward fix for Allegheny County’s cut-rate court-appointed lawyer system

by Dakota Castro-Jarrett and Betul Tuncer July 19, 2023July 19, 2023

Pittsburgh Police Chief Larry Scirotto (right) speaks at a July 19 press conference, next to Mayor Ed Gainey, at bureau headquarters. (Photo by Eric Jankiewicz/PublicSource)

Consultants give Gainey plan to fix ‘overstaffed’ police, but new chief disagrees

by Charlie Wolfson July 19, 2023July 22, 2023

The My Pittsburgh app, displaying an event listing for the East End Farmers' Market. (Screenshot)

Local Government

It’s your turn to try the new My Pittsburgh App

by Atiya Irvin-Mitchell July 18, 2023July 18, 2023

View of an industrial power plant with smoke stacks near a river, surrounded by trees and a residential area in the background. Power lines are visible in the foreground.

Economy & Housing

From implosion’s dust, competing visions for Allegheny Valley’s future emerging

by Lucas Dufalla July 17, 2023July 17, 2023

In her signature crocheted rainbow hat and smoke printed sweats, Aubrey Plesh, center, left, founder of Team PSBG, calls area shelters to secure other housing for former guests of the Smithfield United Church of Christ homeless shelter as she sits on the church steps on the evening of Wednesday, June 21, 2023, in Pittsburgh’s downtown. Plesh and PSBG team member Amanda Fry, right, were trying to coordinate how people would get to other shelter beds after the controversial space closed that morning at 7 a.m. At left and right, people in need of alternative shelter sit on the church steps waiting for a placement. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Smithfield homeless shelter in downtown Pittsburgh exposed frayed safety net and tested county compassion

by Stephanie Strasburg and Eric Jankiewicz July 5, 2023February 25, 2026