Forging Forward: ACTION-Housing, A Table Magazine Featured Article
We are proud to be featured in Table Magazine‘s Forging Forward series and encourage you to read about the impact our work has on those in most need. Forging Forward …
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Help is Here: COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance
Meet James, a Pittsburgh resident who was impacted by the COVID pandemic and was able to get help with his rent through the Emergency Rental Assistance Program–operated in part by …
Second Avenue Commons Is Under Construction!
ACTION-Housing is thrilled to break ground on the construction of Second Avenue Commons, a new homeless shelter that will be constructed in downtown Pittsburgh. This partnership between PNC, UPMC, …
Walk-Through Wednesday #10: Family Healing Center
It’s Walk Through Wednesday again! This week’s video shows the demolition and construction progress at the Family Healing Center in Mount Oliver Borough. Located in the old Mount Oliver School …
Walk-Through Wednesday #9: James T. Givner Building
Walk-Through Wednesday is back! This week’s featured project is the James T. Givner Building, a project that is being lead by Operation Better Block with guidance and assistance from ACTION-Housing, …
Demolition Begins at Flats on Forward Site
When the Warner Brothers-owned Squirrel Hill theater opened in 1937, it was the first theater in Pittsburgh to be built expressly for sound and projection (all other local theaters were …
ERAP Program Off to a Good Start
In less than a month, ACTION-Housing and our partners have been able to distribute over $1,000,000 to stabilize 265 households in the area as part of the Allegheny County Emergency …
Sixth Ward Flats: Now Accepting Housing Applications!
Exciting news – we are now taking applications for our newest affordable housing project! Sixth Ward Flats in Lawrenceville has 35 units comprised of one, two, and three bedroom units …
Housing Proposal Aims to Boost HUD Budget for Affordable Housing Units
ACTION-Housing’s Executive Director, Larry Swanson, was recently interviewed by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about a new legislation that could significantly increase HUD’s budget to develop more affordable housing. A new legislative …
Community Kitchen and Allegheny County Government: A Recipe For Success
Since June 2020, Centre Avenue YMCA residents have been eating delicious and nutritious meals prepared by a local non-profit, Community Kitchen (who operates out of another ACTION-owned property in Hazelwood.) This connection …
Forest Hills Senior Apartments Residents Receive COVID19 Vaccinations
Last Thursday, an on-site COVID vaccination clinic was held for the residents of Forest Hill Senior Apartments. The Allegheny County Health Department coordinated the Forest Hills Senior Apartments vaccination clinic …
What a Defunct Steam Plant and Sinking Road Have to do With Affordable Housing
What do a defunct steam plant and a sinking road have to do with affordable housing? Learn more from this eye-opening 90.5 WESA article about the road we’ve taken to …