Walk-Through Wednesday #4: Smithfield Cold Weather Shelter
This week’s Walk-Through Wednesday features our work on the Smithfield United Church of Christ. More than just a church, this building serves as a homeless shelter between the months of …
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Walk-Through Wednesday #3: Sixth Ward Flats
Our third Walk-Through Wednesday features the construction currently happening at Sixth Ward Flats in Lawrenceville. This two-building development is in a challenging inner-city location, but we look forward to completing …
Walk-Through Wednesday #2: Centre Avenue YMCA
Our second Walk-Through Wednesday features the construction currently happening at the Centre Avenue YMCA in the Hill District. Be sure to check out followup walkthroughs as this building’s interior will …
Sculpture Support System Presents: The Quarantine Companion
ACTION-Housing’s Tenant Assemble is hosting one of the Quarantine Companion vending machine locations outside of our Penn Mathilda Apartments on Penn Avenue in Garfield. Learn more about this project in …
Walk-Through Wednesday #1: Trade Institute of Pittsburgh Workforce Housing
Walk-Through Wednesday is a new ACTION-Housing feature where we will post progress on our projects every Wednesday. Today we are visiting our duplex project with the Trade Institute of Pittsburgh …
Penn Hills Housing Program Clears Hurdles to Homeownership For Low-Income Families
Since 2017, 24 individuals with modest incomes have become homeowners in Penn Hills with the help of the Penn Hills Homebuyer Assistance Program. Learn more about this downpayment and closing …
City of Pittsburgh Unveils the Housing Assistance Resource Portal
Whether you are looking to buy a new home or a fixer-upper, rent an apartment, need assistance on home repairs, or have experienced housing discrimination, HARP is here to help …
Makers Pivot to Face COVID-19 Challenges
As the COVID-19 crisis worsened, Bridgeway Capital’s Creative Business Accelerator (CBA) helped local makers create personal protective equipment (PPE) for essential workers and underserved communities. Check out their video in …
As Pittsburgh Developers Restart Projects, Future Worries Loom
ACTION-Housing was building 35 affordable apartments in Lower Lawrenceville and preparing to rehab the old Squirrel Hill Theater and the Hill’s Centre Avenue YMCA, when everything stopped. This article explains …
Shall We Gather? Arts Groups Ponder Reopening, And A More Virtual Future
Learn more about how our Penn Mathilda tenant Silver Eye Center for Photography and other local arts organizations are changing how they operate in this strange new world. Normally this …
MyPlace Program Receives $40,000 in Emergency Funding from the City of Pittsburgh
As part of a larger federal emergency grant, $40,000 in emergency funding was allotted to ACTION-Housing’s MyPlace program to ensure the program can continue to serve and assist local youths …
Heinz Endowments awards $2.3 million to address COVID-19 relief efforts
Thanks to the generosity of the Heinz Endowments, 14 local non-profits that are addressing the urgent needs of Southwestern Pennsylvania residents during the COVID-19 pandemic are receiving emergency grants to …