Winter shelter to open amid high unhoused numbers, lower tent count

Activists pitch tents outside Downtown shelter, saying repeated encampment closures thwart their outreach

Working in homeless services can be draining, but I found reason for hope in Pittsburgh

Winter shelter shutdown and moves to clear Pittsburgh encampments narrow options for unhoused people

Is ‘500-in-500’ hitting its marks for housing people? Officials, observers weigh in at day 250.

Replacing tents with boulders, Downtown boosters argue safety while advocates for homeless see exclusion

Need for shelter keeps rising two years after Second Avenue Commons opened

Winter shelter deep in North Side opens amid concerns

A shelter blaze kindled me to raise money for the pets of unhoused Pittsburghers

Allegheny County shelter options to expand starting next week

The Glimpse: After bouncing from tents to shelters and back, Pittsburgh homelessness advocate finds an apartment to call home

A month after the shelter fire, unhoused people ‘strive for another day’ as advocates look ahead

500 people in homelessness to be housed in 500 days, per new Allegheny County plan

Unhoused residents moving to convention center following shelter fire

Open letter from advocates for unhoused people calls on Uptown shelter to stop kicking people out for ‘minor infractions’

‘Unfit’ housing or no housing? Unhoused people and service providers face tough choices

Updated: County, city will activate Ammon Rec backup shelter if temps drop to 26

‘Lower barrier’ SRO housing facilities ramp up eviction filings

Updated: County touts, but does not detail, ‘severe weather’ plan for unhoused amid camp clearance

Shelter space around downtown Pittsburgh dwindles with another closure

Pittsburgh creates new policy addressing tent encampments 

Pittsburgh’s housing authority says voucher program building firmer foundation

Allegheny County’s homeless community embraced me. Our region’s leaders should keep working to comfort unhoused people

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

Advocates for Pittsburgh’s unhoused and business leaders met and agreed on one thing: Bathrooms

Downtown shelter, facing closure, draws defenders and detractors at five-hour public hearing

Pittsburgh’s leaked draft policy provides insight into homeless camp plans

Why I want to get back into a prison I left some 20 years ago — and then open it up to those in need

Allegheny County previews plans for users of Smithfield Street shelter, but operator warns of calamity

Pittsburgh’s mayor asked for expert advice on homelessness. Here’s what the mayor — and you — should know

Allegheny County closing Downtown shelter on Smithfield Street

Allegheny County youth are using homelessness services at nearly pre-pandemic rates. Many more may be housing insecure, but invisible.

Updated: Pittsburgh housing execs pledge Section 8 service improvements this year

How a Pittsburgh family made sure that being unhoused wouldn’t mean losing out on school

Section 8 sold short: Pittsburgh housing authority’s mishandling of vouchers repels landlords, imperils tenants

Allegheny County’s first season with two ‘low-barrier’ shelters included wintry mix of problems and challenges, accounts and emails show

Tent camp closure marks shift in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County homelessness policies