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WESA @wesa.fm · 28/02/2025

No hot water for weeks at a time. Elevators that break, leaving elderly and disabled residents stranded. No heat in the community room. Tenants at the eight story, 97-unit Glen Hazel high-rise in Pittsburgh’s Glen Hazel neighborhood are fed up with problems in their building.

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Tenants fight to improve Pittsburgh’s Glen Hazel high rise

Tenants at the Glen Hazel building have been complaining to the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh about problems at the high rise.

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WESA @wesa.fm · 12/02/2025

Why is it so difficult to build more affordable housing? There are many factors, including high construction costs, a complex system of financing that requires developers to assemble multiple funding sources for projects, a web of government rules, and the need to keep rents low for tenants.

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Why building affordable housing is so expensive

Advocates and developers say high construction costs, a complex system of financing, a web of government rules, and the need to keep rents low are all factors.

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kiley koscinski @kileykoscinski.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Pittsburgh started a $1M medical debt relief program in 2023 to help residents burdened with unpaid medical bills. 2 years later, the program has yet to clear a dollar. The region’s largest health systems — UPMC and AHN — have declined to participate in the program. www.wesa.fm/health-scien...

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As Pennsylvania legislators reintroduce medical debt relief legislation, Pittsburgh's program stalls

The state is considering a proposal to create a medical debt relief program that could erase hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid medical bills. But if a similar program in the City of Pittsburgh...

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