After Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey presented his 2023 budget to City Council this week, council members are diving into the proposal before taking a final vote on it. Their weekslong budget process began Tuesday with a budget proposal overview. On Wednesday, they will begin a series of budget hearings that
On today’s episode of The Confluence: A decade ago, Leon Ford was injured in a police shooting, and he’s since turned his attention to reducing community trauma and gun violence; Pittsburgh Regional Transit has broken ground on its long-awaited bus rapid transit project; and we remember the work by housing advocate Celeste Scott.Today’s guests include: Leon Ford, co-founder of The Hear Foundation; David Huffaker, chief development officer at Pittsburgh Regional Transit; and Crystal Jennings-Rivera, stewardship and engagement manager at City of Bridges Community Land Trust.
The loan and grant program that was supposed to begin disbursing funds for housing infrastructure in summer 2022 is on hold at least until the next legislative session in 2023 or possibly beyond that.
The sometimes strained relationship between Noem and the GOP-led Legislature has led in part to delayed implementation of a program aimed at building critical workforce housing.