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Maddie Gioffre (right) and Shaquille Charles stand in front of their Wilkinsburg home on April 5, 2022. The two purchased the home in early 2020 and were promptly subjected to an assessment appeal. They are the lead plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the way Allegheny County calculates property assessments after appeals. (Photo by Lindsay Dill/PublicSource)

Wilkinsburg homeowners lead lawsuit challenging Allegheny County’s property tax math

by Rich Lord April 8, 2022May 19, 2022

Pittsburgh’s hot housing market + Allegheny County’s largely frozen assessments = ‘fundamentally inequitable’ tax bills

by Rich Lord April 4, 2022September 7, 2022

Boxes full of items suggesting Black ownership, removed from Shirley Salmon-Davis' East Liberty house, are the centerpiece of an installation art exhibit by Harrison Kinnane Smith at the Mattress Factory in Central Northside. The house was appraised twice — once with a Black person presenting as the owner, and with the African American-themed items, and once with a white person and without the items. The difference was $36,000. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

Unbalanced: An artist takes on the racial tilt of Allegheny County’s aging property assessments

by Rich Lord February 16, 2022November 13, 2024