Pittsburgh Revitalization Plans Stuck on Blight
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently published an investigation of the city s efforts to buy and rehabilitate vacant properties in the troubled neighborhood of Homewood. February 11, 2021, 6am PST | James Brasuell |
Mihai Andritoiu
Ashley Murray and Joel Jacobs provide in-depth reporting on the city of Pittsburgh s efforts to revitalize the area of the city known as Homewood, long plagued by blight and crime.
The city has spent $3.6 million buying vacant properties in treasurer s sales over unpaid taxes, but dozens of the homes remain eyesores and, in some cases, the target of code violations by the city’s own inspectors, according to the article.
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