Aubrey Halliburton, a Polish Hill-based landlord with two tenants, holds forth keys. She helped both apply for rent relief after they lost their jobs. One got relief, the other didn't — a result consistent with statewide and Allegheny County results from a program designed to help both tenants and landlords to weather the pandemic economy. (Photo by Jay Manning/PublicSource)

Tenant Cities: Rent relief didn’t get to those who needed it. Will Pennsylvania get it right the second time?

The first in a joint WESA and PublicSource series on the Pittsburgh area’s growing, and troubled, landlord/tenant economy

by Rich Lord and Jay Manning February 1, 2021November 9, 2021

Aubrey Halliburton, a Polish Hill-based landlord with two tenants, helped both apply for rent relief after they lost their jobs. One got relief, the other didn't — a result consistent with statewide and Allegheny County results from a program designed to help both tenants and landlords weather the pandemic economy. She has not evicted any tenants. (Photo by Jay Manning/PublicSource)

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Rich Lord

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Rich is the managing editor of PublicSource. He joined the team in 2020, serving as a reporter focused on housing and economic development and an assistant editor. He reported for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette... More by Rich Lord

Jay Manning

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Jay Manning is a visuals fellow at PublicSource. He also works as a freelance videographer and photographer in Pittsburgh. Hailing from South Carolina, he graduated in 2015 from Winthrop University with... More by Jay Manning

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