INVESTIGATION Shelter Stakes As homelessness surged, Allegheny County and Pittsburgh scrambled, and those without shelter tried to adapt. STORIES Updated: County, city will activate Ammon Rec backup shelter if temps drop to 26 ‘Lower barrier’ SRO housing facilities ramp up eviction filings Updated: County touts, but does not detail, ‘severe weather’ plan for unhoused amid camp clearance Shelter space around downtown Pittsburgh dwindles with another closure Pittsburgh creates new policy addressing tent encampments Pittsburgh’s housing authority says voucher program building firmer foundation Allegheny County’s homeless community embraced me. Our region’s leaders should keep working to comfort unhoused people Smithfield homeless shelter in downtown Pittsburgh exposed frayed safety net and tested county compassion Advocates for Pittsburgh’s unhoused and business leaders met and agreed on one thing: Bathrooms Downtown shelter, facing closure, draws defenders and detractors at five-hour public hearing Pittsburgh’s leaked draft policy provides insight into homeless camp plans Why I want to get back into a prison I left some 20 years ago — and then open it up to those in need Allegheny County previews plans for users of Smithfield Street shelter, but operator warns of calamity Pittsburgh’s mayor asked for expert advice on homelessness. Here’s what the mayor — and you — should know Allegheny County closing Downtown shelter on Smithfield Street Allegheny County youth are using homelessness services at nearly pre-pandemic rates. Many more may be housing insecure, but invisible. Updated: Pittsburgh housing execs pledge Section 8 service improvements this year How a Pittsburgh family made sure that being unhoused wouldn’t mean losing out on school Section 8 sold short: Pittsburgh housing authority’s mishandling of vouchers repels landlords, imperils tenants Allegheny County’s first season with two ‘low-barrier’ shelters included wintry mix of problems and challenges, accounts and emails show Tent camp closure marks shift in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County homelessness policies
Allegheny County’s homeless community embraced me. Our region’s leaders should keep working to comfort unhoused people
Smithfield homeless shelter in downtown Pittsburgh exposed frayed safety net and tested county compassion
Allegheny County previews plans for users of Smithfield Street shelter, but operator warns of calamity
Pittsburgh’s mayor asked for expert advice on homelessness. Here’s what the mayor — and you — should know
Allegheny County youth are using homelessness services at nearly pre-pandemic rates. Many more may be housing insecure, but invisible.
Section 8 sold short: Pittsburgh housing authority’s mishandling of vouchers repels landlords, imperils tenants
Allegheny County’s first season with two ‘low-barrier’ shelters included wintry mix of problems and challenges, accounts and emails show