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Join housing justice advocates 9/10 at 2pm to demand City Council pass affordable housing policies NOW mobilize.us/s/58ANzD
Tell PGH City Council to Keep PGH Home⚡Pass Inclusionary Zoning Now! · PPT & T4APA!
## We want a Pittsburgh that everyone can afford to call home. City Council must pass Inclusionary Zoning NOW to promise a baseline of affordability for all of our neighbors.
At the public hearing on...
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August 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Join housing justice advocates 9/10 at 2pm to demand City Council pass affordable housing policies NOW mobilize.us/s/58ANzD
“IZ is particularly well-suited for sharing the benefits of Pittsburgh’s growth with everyone, producing new affordable housing in high-opportunity neighborhoods and building workforce housing close to jobs.” triblive.com/opinion/mark...
Mark Masterson: How much longer does Pittsburgh have to wait for inclusionary zoning?
Ten years ago, in June 2015, the city of Pittsburgh’s first ever Affordable Housing Task Force met for the first time. I was one member of the Task Force, along with members of City Council and ...
triblive.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:04 AM
“IZ is particularly well-suited for sharing the benefits of Pittsburgh’s growth with everyone, producing new affordable housing in high-opportunity neighborhoods and building workforce housing close to jobs.” triblive.com/opinion/mark...
This harsh pivot toward austerity and punishment is not only deeply misinformed and flagrantly cruel, it will undoubtedly exacerbate the crisis of housing instability in this country and supercharge its negative impacts on people’s mental and physical health.
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Trump turns homelessness response away from housing, toward forced treatment
The Trump administration is moving to end the "Housing First" approach despite warnings from providers and homelessness experts that the shift won't work.
www.cbsnews.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This harsh pivot toward austerity and punishment is not only deeply misinformed and flagrantly cruel, it will undoubtedly exacerbate the crisis of housing instability in this country and supercharge its negative impacts on people’s mental and physical health.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-h...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-h...
The 2025 Pittsburgh Housing Justice Summit is right around the corner! Don’t forget to register at bit.ly/fairhousing2025 and help spread the word! This event will feature tenant organizers, city and county officials, policy experts, impacted residents, and more.
March 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The 2025 Pittsburgh Housing Justice Summit is right around the corner! Don’t forget to register at bit.ly/fairhousing2025 and help spread the word! This event will feature tenant organizers, city and county officials, policy experts, impacted residents, and more.
“A rapacious and ethics-optional seeker of profit above all, private equity can seem like one of the purest distillations of the inhumane logic of capital.”
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As DOGE Mauls Social Security, Profit-Hungry Private Equity Is Swooping In
Three private equity veterans are weaseling their way in, reportedly on the orders of the presumptive SSA commissioner.
truthout.org
March 17, 2025 at 12:08 AM
“A rapacious and ethics-optional seeker of profit above all, private equity can seem like one of the purest distillations of the inhumane logic of capital.”
truthout.org/articles/as-...
truthout.org/articles/as-...
PGH Biz Times reports the redevelopment of the May Building into apartments downtown may be jeopardized by the Trump admin’s cuts to HUD
March 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
PGH Biz Times reports the redevelopment of the May Building into apartments downtown may be jeopardized by the Trump admin’s cuts to HUD
State of Human Services in Allegheny County in 2025. Erin Dalton notes the following:
-Big rent increases year after year since COVID
-Too few landlords willing to accept Housing Choice Boucher subsidies
-10 fold increase in older adults in the shelter system
-Big rent increases year after year since COVID
-Too few landlords willing to accept Housing Choice Boucher subsidies
-10 fold increase in older adults in the shelter system
March 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
State of Human Services in Allegheny County in 2025. Erin Dalton notes the following:
-Big rent increases year after year since COVID
-Too few landlords willing to accept Housing Choice Boucher subsidies
-10 fold increase in older adults in the shelter system
-Big rent increases year after year since COVID
-Too few landlords willing to accept Housing Choice Boucher subsidies
-10 fold increase in older adults in the shelter system
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Live now: Our @airbrycki.bsky.social notes that middle-income and fully employed renters are increasingly cost burdened.
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/det...
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March 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Live now: Our @airbrycki.bsky.social notes that middle-income and fully employed renters are increasingly cost burdened.
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/det...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/det...
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and keep in mind, the land bank isn't even operating at 100 percent capacity yet. so much more is possible.
After slow start, Pittsburgh Land Bank finds affordable housing success in Hazelwood
Standing outside a blue house built on a once-blighted site in Hazelwood, Pittsburgh officials on Thursday trumpeted an all-too-rare success story for the city’s land bank — one they hope ...
triblive.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
and keep in mind, the land bank isn't even operating at 100 percent capacity yet. so much more is possible.
The Lawyer of the Day program, which provides legal support and social services to people facing eviction, is now citywide in Pittsburgh! This is huge. #HousingIsAHumanRight #KeepPittsburghHome
February 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Lawyer of the Day program, which provides legal support and social services to people facing eviction, is now citywide in Pittsburgh! This is huge. #HousingIsAHumanRight #KeepPittsburghHome
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"the only way to eradicate homelessness in the long term is by decommodifying housing and providing robust wraparound services" — Sam's right per usual www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-a...
County 500-in-500 plan evaluated at halfway mark
Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato’s push to open housing for people in shelters has tallied 191 units in half its allotted time, officials say.
www.publicsource.org
February 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"the only way to eradicate homelessness in the long term is by decommodifying housing and providing robust wraparound services" — Sam's right per usual www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-a...
“Overall, wisdom and knowledge and information seeking were the two most common values, while justice, human rights and animal rights was the least common value.”
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AI datasets have human values blind spots − new research
AI systems reflect human values. However, the human values embedded in AI are skewed to the utilitarian and away from the greater good.
theconversation.com
February 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
“Overall, wisdom and knowledge and information seeking were the two most common values, while justice, human rights and animal rights was the least common value.”
theconversation.com/ai-datasets-...
theconversation.com/ai-datasets-...
Attended the Jail Oversight Board meeting and was reminded of this Angela Davis quote: “The prison serves as an institution that consolidates the state’s inability and refusal to address the most pressing social problems of this era.”
February 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Attended the Jail Oversight Board meeting and was reminded of this Angela Davis quote: “The prison serves as an institution that consolidates the state’s inability and refusal to address the most pressing social problems of this era.”
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If you're reeling from Trump's ongoing attacks, please check out my latest piece about what trans people are up against and how we (as in, all of us, including doctors and clinicians) can resist these assaults. Includes commentary from @dreanyc123.bsky.social and @deanspade.bsky.social.
Trump's Latest Anti-Trans Actions and How We Can Fight Back
The message should be clear among all people of conscience: We will not cooperate with the fascist, anti-trans agenda.
organizingmythoughts.org
January 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If you're reeling from Trump's ongoing attacks, please check out my latest piece about what trans people are up against and how we (as in, all of us, including doctors and clinicians) can resist these assaults. Includes commentary from @dreanyc123.bsky.social and @deanspade.bsky.social.
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Pittsburgh’s City Planning Commission endorsed Mayor Ed Gainey’s proposal to require affordable units in larger, new housing construction, after rejecting a less comprehensive version.
Inclusionary zoning prevails before Pittsburgh commission
Pittsburgh’s City Planning Commission endorsed Mayor Ed Gainey’s proposal to require affordable units in larger, new housing construction, after rejecting a less comprehensive version, at the end of…
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January 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Pittsburgh’s City Planning Commission endorsed Mayor Ed Gainey’s proposal to require affordable units in larger, new housing construction, after rejecting a less comprehensive version.
Towards the end of the 11 hour Planning Commission, someone giving public comment made a joke: “Who would have thought a zoning discussion would be keeping us up instead of putting us to sleep?”
January 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Towards the end of the 11 hour Planning Commission, someone giving public comment made a joke: “Who would have thought a zoning discussion would be keeping us up instead of putting us to sleep?”
