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Easthampton City Council at-large candidates make case to voters

EASTHAMPTON Six candidates, five of whom will appear on the Nov. 2 ballot, are running for four City Council at-large seats.Of the six candidates, two incumbents, Owen Zaret and Lindsey Rothschild, are seeking re-election while candidates Koni Fay. ....

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Easthampton ballot set for Nov. 2 election

EASTHAMPTON Fort Hill Brewery owner Eric Berzins will appear first on the ballot for mayor in the upcoming city election.Two-term incumbent Mayor Nicole LaChapelle will appear in the second position after the ballot order was determined in a drawing. ....

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Pittsburgh Section 8 Discrimination Ordinance Is Before PA's Supreme Court This Week

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/ AP
After a years-long court battle, a case before Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court this week could have a big impact on affordable housing in Pittsburgh for tenants who rely on subsidized housing vouchers and landlords.
At issue is an ordinance passed by Pittsburgh City Council in 2015 forbidding landlords in the city from discriminating against tenants based on “source of income,” such as a Housing Choice Voucher, commonly referred to as a Section 8 voucher. Shortly after the ordinance passed, the Apartment Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh filed suit and the law has never been enforced.
Vouchers allow low-income tenants to rent a house or apartment on the private rental market. Generally, a tenant pays roughly one-third of their income toward the rent, and a government subsidy makes up the rest. However, many landlords won’t accept the vouchers and say they don’t want to deal with the bureaucracy and home inspections that come wit ....

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What A Defunct Steam Plant And A Sinking Road Have To Do With Affordable Housing

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By most counts Pittsburgh is short some 20,000 units of affordable housing … but there’s not a lot of money to go around. 90.5 WESA’s Margaret J. Krauss reports even standout projects can run the risk of failure.
By most counts Pittsburgh is short some 20,000 units of affordable housing, and the number continues to grow. Meeting the need, while always a challenge, seems even more daunting against the backdrop of vast housing insecurity revealed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The city’s Housing Opportunity Fund, or HOF, is often a final stop for affordable housing projects; through its Rental Gap Program it can make the kind of last-piece-of-the-puzzle loans nonprofit developers need to make their numbers work. Earlier this month, the fund’s advisory board debated such a situation at Flats on Forward, at the corner of Forward and Murray Avenues. ....

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