Reposted by Jake PawlakEd Gainey @gaineyformayor.com · 18/04/2025It is the honor of my life to serve as Mayor of Pittsburgh. We built and preserved over 1,600 affordable housing units, increased public safety, reduced homicides, reduced gun violence, and achieved 19% job growth Vote Ed Gainey, and we will continue to grow. #WPXIDebate 0175
Jake Pawlak @jakepawlak.com · 25/03/2025No one should be able to cut corners in the building permitting process just because they have my phone number, and under the Gainey Administration, they aren't. 051
Jake Pawlak @jakepawlak.com · 23/01/2025Pittsburgh is facing an acute housing affordability crisis, and city, regional, & state leadership and responsible affordable housing developers are stepping up to the challenge.bizjournals.com 030
Jake Pawlak @jakepawlak.com · 17/01/2025Great interview with Dave Breingan of Lawrenceville United on how Inclusionary Zoning is working in Lawrenceville and why we need to expand it citywide:pittsburgh.citycast.fmHow Lawrenceville’s Solving Its Affordability Problem - City Cast PittsburghPittsburgh needs thousands of new homes to meet demand, and there’s a lot of local politicking behind potential solution... 261
Reposted by Jake PawlakBarb Warwick @barb4pgh.bsky.social · 04/12/2024“In reality, it's a taxpayer funded rent subsidy for individuals making as much as $85,000 per year. It's a very poorly disguised Trojan horse that does nothing but enrich developers on the taxpayer's dime.” www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...wesa.fmPittsburgh city councilor introduces alternate scaled-back inclusionary zoning proposalA new bill introduced by Pittsburgh City Councilor Bob Charland would scale back the proposed use of a zoning law to encourage more affordable housing — setting up a conflict with Mayor Ed Gainey. 3126
Jake Pawlak @jakepawlak.com · 03/12/2024Great🧵dissecting a terrible bill - if passed, this would give corporate developers a blank check of Pittsburghers' tax dollars to build housing that most of those same Pittsburghers wouldn't be able to afford to rent. 3106
Jake Pawlak @jakepawlak.com · 27/11/2024Challenge... "More than half of renter households—over 22 million—are rent-burdened, meaning they pay over 30 percent of their income toward rent and utilities, and one in five report severe rent burden, paying over 50 percent."nplusonemag.comThe Renters’ Republic | Charlie DulikIn a majority-homeowner nation, the rental crisis alone cannot explain Harris’s defeat, especially since the concentration of renters in cities means that as a group they likely still tilted toward he... 141
Jake Pawlak @jakepawlak.com · 23/11/2024The transformation in our City-County response to homelessness in the past year has been enormous, Big thanks to the folks in Pittsburgh Public Safety & Allegheny County Human Services. "We don't need Code Blue this year because we believe we have enough spaces in the system to support everyone."wtae.comCity Council hears update on county prep on homelessness this winterCounty officials said the strategy for this winter is to make sure there are safe and warm places during the day for the homeless to seek shelter, including expanded daytime hours at Second Avenue Com... 1153
Jake Pawlak @jakepawlak.com · 19/11/2024ICYMI: Last week Mayor Gainey delivered his 2025 State of the City Address, focusing on: ☑️ Solid Infrastructure, ☑️ Safe Neighborhoods, ☑️ Thriving Downtown, ☑️ Affordable Housing, ☑️ Small Business Supports, ☑️ Workforce Development. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvYB...youtube.comPittsburgh City Council Regular Meeting - 11/12/24YouTube video by City Channel Pittsburgh 071