Pittsburgh Post-Gazette January 11, 2018 by Mark Belko The Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority board moved Thursday to implement a fund designed to develop and preserve affordable housing in the […]
Nonprofit takes healthy homes initiative to 20 households in Homewood
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette December 31, 2017 by Diana Nelson Jones Carl Talbott knew his house was drafty, but he was blown away by the evidence: wind, like a hair […]
Cornerstone Village construction to carry demand for housing into Larimer by 2019
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette December 31, 2017 by Diana Nelson Jones Three years after winning a $30 million federal grant, a 334-unit mixed-income housing community that weaves Larimer […]
Uptick in Hill District health, food security followed grocery store’s opening, study says
TribLive December 19, 2017 by Matthew Santoni Hill District residents’ health and food security appear to have improved since the long-awaited opening of a full-service supermarket, especially compared […]
Pittsburgh is hoping to preserve many of the low-income Bethesda-Homewood housing units
Pittsburgh Public Source December 23, 2017 by Mark Kramer and Juliette Rihl Todd Griffin, a 45-year-old single dad, has lived in Homewood his entire life. But he fears his time in […]
NACA Home Buyers and Realtors workshop seeks to impact Black communities
The New Pittsburgh Courier December 22, 2017 by Diane I. Daniels With the belief that we must rebuild our communities, Pittsburgh Councilman Rev. Ricky Burgess earlier this month provided […]
Pittsburgh City Council takes steps to approve realty tax increase, unveils plan to put money into affordable housing fund
Pittsburgh Public Source December 13, 2017 by J. Dale Shoemaker Pittsburgh’s City Council with a preliminary vote on Wednesday supported the 0.5 percent increase of the Realty Transfer Tax [RTT] […]
Recent events in Pittsburgh have residents ‘Buying Black’
December 8, 2017 Pittsburgh Courier by Diane I. Daniels Holidays the perfect time for Black business owners to display their products The past few weeks have been saturated with […]
Pittsburgh councilman’s bill would create ‘warning list’ of problematic HUD properties
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette October 24, 2017 Kate Giammarise As more than 100 low-income East End tenants are facing possible relocation from their federally subsidized homes, Pittsburgh Councilman Rev. […]
