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Build Back Better Act Roundtable Discussion at Centre Avenue Housing
From left to right: Aaron Gibson of the YMCA, Larry Swanson of ACTION-Housing, Michael Polite from Beacon Communities and the YMCA, Congressman Dwight Evans, and Representative Jake Wheatley It was …
Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) Update
As of today, August 30th, 2021, the Allegheny County Emergency Rental Assistance Program has expended roughly $30 million in rental and utility assistance, stabilizing over 5000 households. $22 million of …
Mortgage Moratorium Ends as Feds and State Ramp Up Program To Help Homeowners
When the moratorium on evictions ended on July 31, so did a moratorium on foreclosures on delinquent home mortgages. Thousands of Pennsylvanians could be at risk of losing their homes. …
White House Eviction Prevention Convening
On July 21st, 2021, the White House hosted a second online eviction prevention convening to ensure state and local governments work as quickly as possible to get rental assistance to …
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 …
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 …