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From YouTube: Equity Series: Affordable Hosuing
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The Mayor's Office of Equity, Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, and Urban Redevelopment Authority's Housing Opportunity Fund officials discuss affordable housing assistance programs in the City of Pittsburgh and how equity intersects with and supports the city's affordable housing agenda.
A
A
As
the
my
brother's
keeper
coordinator
and
we've
been
doing
a
series
of
conversations
exploring
realities
lately
decoded
and
equity,
the
different
pieces
of
the
puzzle
that
we
have
going
for
us
here
and
Pittsburgh
and
in
the
region,
and
really
just
taking
the
time
to
kind
of
create
a
platform
to
do
a
deeper
dive
on
these.
And
this
is
a
conversation.
I've
been
really
looking
forward
to
not
just
because
of
the
cross-cutting
relevance
of
the
themes
and
topics,
but
because
it's
a
very
important
area
and
sphere
with
didn't
work
in
Pittsburgh.
A
There's
a
lot
of
people
working
within
it.
But
it's
something
that's
very
complicated,
something
that
I
feel
like.
In
my
time
in
the
mayor's
office
and
working
nonprofits
days,
I've
had
some
chance
to
learn
about,
but
here's
a
real
opportunity
to
learn
from
experts
in
some
of
those
different
spaces.
So
without
further
ado,
I'd
like
to
start
with
just
a
brief
round
of
introductions,
everyone's
going
to
be
on
the
call
with
you
today
and
then
we'll
start
to
drill
into
it
before
we
do
that.
A
couple
quick
points.
A
First
of
all,
we
have
a
couple
of
ASL
interpreters
along
the
ride
for
us
today.
We've
iris
and
Meghan
and
you'll
see
them
at
different
times
throughout
the
broadcast.
We
want
to
thank
them
for
their
time
and
for
helping
us
be
more
accessible
with
these
broadcasts
at
a
certain
point.
During
this
conversation,
we're
going
to
talk
with
some
officials
from
the
Urban
Redevelopment
Authority,
and
they
have
some
slides
some
PowerPoint
slides
that
they
have
prepared
that'll,
help
walk
us
through
the
resources
and
the
structure
to
play
there,
and
when
that
is
being
shown
right.
A
Currently,
we
don't
have
the
way
to
have
the
interpreters
on
the
screen
at
the
same
time,
so
we
apologize
for
the
inconvenience
it'll
be
fixed
and
editing
so
that
with
you,
looking
at
this
video
after
the
fact
you'll
be
able
to
see
both,
but
for
those
of
you
that
are
falling
in
a
live
broadcast.
It'll
just
be
the
powerpoints
there,
so
we
appreciate
your
patience
and
grace
as
we
try
to
continue
to
work
with
zoom
and
Facebook
and
the
tools
at
our
disposal
all
right.
A
Let's
get
to
the
introductions,
we'll
start
with
the
office
of
equity
in
the
mayor,
the
mayor's
office.
What
I'd
like
for
each
of
you,
your
name,
your
role
and
the
kind
of
perspective
that
you're
bringing
to
this
conversation
about
housing
and
equity
I
will
start
with
deputy
chief-of-staff
majestically.
C
Thank
you
good
afternoon
as
well:
Oliver
Beasley
policy
analyst
and
my
portfolio
broadly
around
equity
under
Chee
plane.
More
targeting
analyst
points,
the
Economic,
Community
and
workforce
development
would
be
some
of
the
main
focus
areas,
but
typically
its
equity
throughout
the
work
that
we
do
within
the
office
and
within
the
different
departments.
The
city
of
Pittsburgh.
A
D
My
name
is
Monique
Pierre
I'm,
the
chief
development
officer
here
at
the
Housing
Authority
for
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
where
I
think
I
am
in
this
space
is
not
only
an
example
of
an
opportunity
or
of
bringing
equity,
but
also
in
the
role
of
helping
to
bring
equity
through
housing
and
affordability
and
making
sure
that
the
resources
are
there
as
well
for
residents
in
the
city
that
are
deeply
impacted
by
the
in
terms
of
economic
equity
and
the
ability
to
have
housing,
stability.
Terrific.
A
E
Hi
everyone
on
my
name
is
Joseph:
Smith,
Perry
and
I'm.
The
director
of
housing,
lending
for
the
Urban
Redevelopment,
Authority
or
ura,
and
the
URA
were
very
involved
with
the
development,
affordable,
housing,
the
preservation
and
other
housing
resources
for
all
Pittsburgh's
residents,
and
when
we
do
this,
we
craft
our
programs
and
try
to
make
sure
there's
equitable
as
possible.
So
later,
today,
you'll
hear
about
that.
Thank.
F
E
F
A
You
so
much
all
right.
Well,
let's
just
jump
right
in
you
know.
We
have
some
time
to
spend
on
this
and
I'm
excited
about
that
chief
laine
I'd
like
to
begin
with
you
just
to
help
us
frame
this
conversation
conceptually.
You
know
there's
some
terms
here
that
we
hear
an
awful
lot,
both
in
the
city
and
in
the
work
that
we
do,
but
there
they
also
can
seem
like
they
loom
large
over
a
lot
of
other
conversations.
A
B
Yeah
and
thank
you,
I
think
one
of
the
one
of
the
big
things
we
need
to
look
at.
You
know
there
are
a
lot
of
symptoms
of
structural
and
institutional
racism
and
and
when
we
look
at
these
things,
things
like
police
brutality
things
like
health
disparities.
These
are
all
symptoms
of
broader
kind
of
challenges
in
affordable
housing.
It's
one
of
the
biggest
symptoms
of
the
system
that
we
have
right
now
and
its
impact
on
people
largely
of
people
of
color,
but
also
obviously,
folks,
who
find
themselves
to
be.
B
But
that
is
also
when,
when
people
can't
afford
housing,
it
has
connections
to
do
with
the
opportunity
gap
in
education.
It
has
everything
to
do
with.
You
know
the
median
income
in
the
city
and
as
as
a
city,
we
were
known
at
one
point
for
being
a
relatively
kind
of
inexpensive,
City
or
low
cost
Rust
Belt
city,
but
as
many
of
the
things
that
have
happened
in
our
city,
which
are
generally
positive,
have
happened
with
tech
companies
moving
the
expansion
of
universities,
businesses
taking
root
neighborhoods
becoming
revitalized
and
hot.
B
So
we
found
ourselves
now
dealing
with
the
real
challenge
that
you
have
to
deal
with
the
symptom,
but
you
also
have
to
look
at
some
of
what
are
some
of
the
other
things
that
lie
beneath
those
things,
and
these
are
challenges
that
we
were
having
prior
to
this.
As
many
people
know.
Approximately
two
years
ago,
the
mayor
support
council
voted
for
a
ten
million
dollar
a
year.
B
So
what
we've
seen
there's
a
bargain
that
many
people
are
having
to
make.
That
is
an
unfair
bargain.
In
our
society,
but
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
really
figure
out.
How
can
we
use
the
resources
that
we
have
to
continue
to
scale
and
I
think
you'll
hear
about
that?
But
kovat
actually
adds
another
element
to
it,
and
that
goes
from
what
is
it
a
challenge
of
American
cities
across
the
country?
B
To
then
looking
at
the
relationship
between
health
disparities
and
places
to
live,
and
also
it
cuts
bare
the
economic
realities
when
so
many
things
are
closed
down
because
of
the
virus,
you
then
find
people
not
able
to
work,
and
if
people
are
not
able
to
work,
you
find
that
they're
not
able
to
pay
their
rent
and
whether
or
not
they
will
pay
their
rent.
You
know
in
many
situations
the
folks
are
a
danger
for
eviction.
So
you'll
hear
today
about
some
of
the
responses
that
we've
made
as
a
city
to
looking
at.
B
You
know
some
of
those
challenges
and
some
of
the
new
kind
of
innovations
that
I
think
will
be
really
interesting
to
look
at
going
forward.
And
how
do
we
do
some
eviction
protections,
and
this
has
been
conversations
between
the
city,
judges,
nonprofit
organizations
really
trying
to
say?
How
can
we
all
come
together
to
acknowledge
that
when
people
are
evicted
and
people
have
to
leave
their
homes,
they
bring
us
another
level
of
trauma?
We
know
that
level
of
trauma
that
they
face
are
then
larger
issues
that
show
up
other
places.
B
So
if
it
shows
up
in
the
quote/unquote
criminal
justice
system
or
if
it
shows
up
in
our
educational
system
with
young
people,
if
it
shows
up
an
apartment,
Human
Services
for
the
county-
that
we
know
these
things
show
they
don't
go
anywhere.
So
it's
really
about
how
does
govern
you
know
kind
of
respond
and
pivot
and
acknowledge
how
to
be
as
innovative
as
possible
to
be
as
flexible
as
possible.
With
the
goal
of
maintaining
you
know
especially
vulnerable
populations,
to
not
find
themselves
and
even
worse
conditions,
given
what
we're
dealing
with
with
the
virus.
B
B
So
while
you
can
solve
it
in
the
short
term,
through
many
of
the
programs
that
you'll
hear
about
in
the
broader
sense,
until
there
is
another
higher
level
of
equality
and
you
reduce
income,
inequality,
reduce
wealth
inequality
and
you
reduce
the
basis
of
all
people
to
have
opportunities
to
what
we
would
consider
a
moral
standard
as
far
as
clean,
affordable
housing.
But
these
issues
will
continue
to
spin
out
and
it
takes
the
work
of
everyone
working
together
to
be
able
to
create
an
environment
where
all
Pittsburgh
all
Pittsburghers
have
a
pathway
to
that
opportunity.
A
You
for
that
I
really
appreciate
that
response,
because
it
does
a
really
great
job
illustrating
why
this
is
in
many
ways
that
unique
challenge,
but
why
it's
also
so
interesting,
because
it's
within
this
one
theme,
this
one
topic
of
safe
housing
or
even
even
like
a
smaller
scope,
affordable
housing
and
yet
you're
talking
you're
talking
about
an
ecosystem
of
response
organizations
and
government
organizations
are
nonprofit
space
developers,
etc.
Education
space,
you
start
to
pull
a
thread
on
this
one
thing
of
housing.
You
start
to
touch
all
these
different.
A
All
these
different
realms
I'd
like
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
your
perspective
on
on
the
administration's
response
to
mayor's
leadership
here,
because
one
of
the
first
things
that
I
encountered
when
I
joined
the
mayor's
office
team
was
the
announcement
of
a
partnership
with
care.
The
government
Alliance
on
racial
equity
as
I
understand
it,
and
part
of
that
was
a
citywide
training
where
we
talked
about
racial
equity,
toolkits.
What
it
looks
like
to
take
an
equitable
decision-making
framework
when
it
comes
to
hiring
procurement
and
contracts.
A
You
can
do
all
of
these
things
within
this
one
sphere,
so
you
mentioned
the
idea
of
success,
looking
like
everyone
kind
of
playing
the
role
or
putting
their
piece
of
the
puzzle
together.
How
was
the
administration
you
know
focused
on
on
this?
You
mentioned
the
the
trust
or
the
affordable
housing
fund,
and
all
of
that,
how
was
mayor,
Peduto
and
the
administration
tried
to
improve
this
conversation
to
be
a
force
for
good
within
it.
Yeah.
B
And
so
one
I
don't
want
to
create
any
illusions
like
this
is
easy,
because
if
it
was
easy,
people
would
have
figured
it
out
and
we
wouldn't
have
the
problem,
because
it
is
an
indicator
of
the
larger
challenges
in
our
society.
Affordable
housing
is
complicated.
It's
a
complicated
thing
to
be
able
to
do
one,
whether
you're
doing
the
explicit
you
know
kind
of
work
that
the
housing
authority
in
the
Urban,
Redevelopment
Authority
does
and
they'll
talk
about
that.
But
it's
also
the
broader
conversation
around.
You
know
what.
B
How
do
we
interact
with
everyone
to
be
able
to
engage?
So
you
know
the
work
that
the
URA
has
done
around
Housing
Opportunity
Fund
with
Pittsburgh
United,
really
kind
of
engaging
in
communities
and
talking
to
people
and
being
able
to
do
some
engagement.
The
work
we've
done
with
a
OMA
sello
around
the
ambassadors.
Talking
to
these
things,
and
when
we
found
ourselves
in
the
current
situation,
we
we
saw
that
housing
and
housing
stability
and
housing
vulnerability
was
one
of
the
largest
challenges
that
we
had
so
with
the
kind
of
first
infusion
that
cares
resources.
B
We
had
to
make
sure
that
we
worked.
You
know
really
in
step
with
the
URA
and
also
the
housing
authority,
to
really
see
what
resources
were
out
there
for
families
who
will
be
housing
Boehner.
We
know
this
housing.
The
affordable
housing
issue
has
been
a
challenge
long
before
we
were
part
of
gear,
and
it's
been
too
long
before
you
know
Kovac,
but
one
of
the
things
that
has
really
come
out
of
this
is
the
mayor
wanted
to
really
see.
B
The
housing,
the
you
know,
resource
portal,
which
I'll
you
know
let
Albert
talk
more
about,
but
that
was
really
one
of
the
genesis,
the
mayor's
insistence
and
making
sure
that
there
was
a
central
place
that
people
could
access
the
information
that
they
needed
to
then
be
able
to
find
what
the
media
to
talk
to
the
appropriate
foe.
So
it's
all
part
of
the
extension
and
acknowledging
again
like
you
talked
about
the
wealth
that
was
created.
B
You
know,
do
the
housing
and
also
the
limitations
that
were
created
for
others
due
to
housing,
and
these
issues
were
still
with.
We
still
find
ourselves
grappling
with
right,
so
even
something
that
was
a
20th
century
challenge
is
a
21st
century
problem
and
I
think
it
is.
It
is
a
problem
of
a
lot
of
cities
that
are
really
gonna
have
to
continue
to
wrestle
with
it.
And
you
know
it
is
housing
stabilization,
but
it's
also
a
path
to
opportunity.
It's
people
making
$15
an
hour.
B
It's
people
being
able
have
access
to
education,
the
people
being
able
to
have
access
to
great
education,
no
matter
where
they
live
in
a
city
so
that
you
know
not
one
neighborhood
is
better
than
another
neighborhood
when
it
comes
to
education.
So
here's
all
the
things
that
we
know
and
giving
people
access
to
high
opportunity
neighborhoods.
We
just
some
work
that
the
Housing
Authority
has
been
working
on
for
some
time.
So
there's
a
collection
of
things
that
were
putting
together.
B
A
That
all
over,
let's
go
to
you,
sir
I'd,
like
to
hear
more
about
the
portal,
but
this
is
your
first
time
on
these
calls.
So
if
you
wouldn't
mind,
would
you
mind
introducing
yourself
and
how
you
came
to
do
this
work
with
the
mayor's
office?
Now
cuz?
It's
not
your
first,
your
first
stop
in
the
public
sector.
C
Yeah,
thank
you.
So
the
walk
again,
my
name
is
Oliver
Beasley
I'm,
a
policy
analyst
here
with
the
administration.
It's
not
my
first
stop
in
the
public
sector,
I
internship
for
a
head
of
internships
on
city
council
and
with
the
state
state,
senator
Fontana,
and
aside
from
that,
it
was
my.
This
administration
is
my
first
deep
deep
going
in
really
challenging
with
all
the
policy
work.
A
lot
of
a
lot
of
my
other
work
was
a
lot
of
programmatic
and
research,
where
this
is
the
bulk
of
my
policy
experience.
C
Okay,
but
more
so
speaking
to
part
again,
which
is
the
housing
assistance
resource
portal.
Some
conversations
had
came
up
that.
How
do
we
with
in
the
little
brush
strokes
of
equity?
And
how
do
we
create
more
access
and
opportunities
and
limit
barriers?
There
were
a
bunch
of
a
bunch
of
programs
through
the
city,
the
URA,
the
Housing
Authority
and
through
some
of
our
nonprofit
partners
that
existed
already
for
housing
that
we
just
wanted
to
bring
more
momentum
and
focus
to
so
it
was
just.
C
A
You
for
that,
so
it's
a
great
idea
right,
so
you
mention
this
idea.
There's
resources
in
different
places.
How
can
we
have
a
one-stop
shop
so
to
execute
on
that
idea?
You
put
together
a
website,
but
just
could
be
because
you
have
a
website
doesn't
mean
that
it's
automatically
accessible
one
of
the
ways.
One
of
these
I
heard
you
while
working
on
and
when
it
came
in
the
witness
website,
was
incorporating
different
languages
so
that
more
could
understand
the
information
present
it.
Could
you
speak
a
little
bit?
A
C
So
it
was
with
a
great
help
from
our
P
Department
that
we
were
able
to
gain
this
software
that
essentially,
as
soon
as
you
access
the
website,
it
you
have
the
option
to
drop
down
and
there
are
options
for
I
believe
somewhere
close
to
20
different
languages,
and
then
it
just
translates
the
all
the
content
on
the
on
the
website
to
that
language
and
then
Asia
and
implementing
it
changes
all
the
documents
as
well
so
you're
able
to
access
it
from
that
standpoint.
I
believe
it's
up
to
20.
A
C
C
We
can
improve
this
to
be
better
and
we
can
approve
that
to
be
better
and
even
now
in
the
work
that
you
do
now
and
the
work
that
we
do
in
the
office.
How
do
we
continually
make
things
better?
What
is
missing,
or
what
demographic
we're
not
touching,
I
seen
that
from
a
policy
perspective
were
able
to
affect
it
more
efficiently
and
on
a
larger
scale
versus
trying
to
grapple
embedder
with
programs
from
trend
trying
to
maybe
change
something
in
the
program.
That's
already
written
from
a
legislative
standpoint
or
from
a
grant
standpoint.
C
A
That
Monique
I'd
like
to
turn
to
you,
certainly
something
you
can
speak
to
in
terms
of
the
blend
of
programming
and
policy
from
the
housing
authority,
but
you're.
Also
someone
that's
relatively
new
to
the
region
and
I
wondered
if
you
wouldn't
mind
taking
a
moment
to
share
a
little
bit
about
your
history
and
how
you
come
to
be
working
on
the
Housing
Authority
at
this
moment.
In
time.
Sure.
D
D
Up
until
now,
and
over
the
course
of
those
22
years,
I've
had
an
opportunity
to
serve
at
the
state
local,
the
county
level
in
looking
for
ways
to
effectively
deliver
those
services
effectively,
deliver
supports
effectively
develop
housing
so
that
individuals
who
may
be
traditionally
overlooked
or
under
housed,
not
properly
housed
or
who
are
housing
unstable,
can
find
a
healthy
place
to
live
where
they
can
thrive.
My
first
introduction
to
housing
was
actually
through
my
dad
and
I
was
when
we
were
when
I
was
a
kid.
Our
house
was
taken
through
an
eminent
domain
action.
D
Our
entire
neighborhood
was
bulldozed
and
they
put
up
a
warehouse
growing
up
in
West
Michigan,
that
is
a
smaller
community.
However,
it
was
very
impactful
and
my
dad
became
involved
as
a
housing
commissioner,
and
he
introduced
me
to
housing
and
showed
me
through
his
actions
that
it's
positive
to
have
passed
and
it's
possible
to
have
a
positive
impact
on
your
community
and
that
housing
being
a
basic
need
is
one
of
the
most
impactful
ways
that
you
can
have
a
positive
outcome
for
people
in
the
community.
A
We're
grateful
for
it.
So,
let's
start
with
a
couple
of
definitions,
just
a
level
set
for
the
rest
of
the
conversation,
and
you
already
started
speaking
a
little
bit
too.
You
know
some
terms
here:
housing,
unstable
housing
and
security.
These
different
things,
let's
start
with
an
institutional
question
and
then
we'll
get
to
some
of
these
terms.
If
you
were
to
describe
the
housing
authority
to
a
group
of
young
people,
how
would
you
how
would
you
go
about
doing
that?
D
D
Anyone
who
works
here
knows
that
it's
about
having
a
passion
for
the
change
that
we
want
to
see
as
far
as
housing
and
improving
the
quality
of
housing
of
the
folks
in
the
community,
I
would
describe
the
work
that
we
do
as
both
service
and
as
practical
in
the
development
of
housing.
So
we
develop
affordable
housing,
meaning
that
we
develop
housing
that
but
for
public
dollars
or
the
support
of
the
federal
government.
There
would
not
be
an
opportunity
to
build
it
because
it's
very
expensive
to
build
and
very
expensive
to
operate.
D
The
second
part
of
that.
As
far
as
how
I
see
the
relationship
between
the
housing
authority
and
the
URA
and
the
city
is
that
we
are
part
of
one
body,
there
is
no
separation.
As
far
as
I
see
from
the
type
of
work
that
we
do,
we
both
serve
the
same
populations.
We
both
have
a
concern
for
the
individuals
in
this
city,
the
URA,
the
the
city
and
the
housing
authority
work
in
tandem.
D
A
D
The
reason
we
work
together
so
much
and
and
so
well
is
because
housing
is
a
basic
human
need.
It's
that
you
have
to
have
in
order
to
stabilize
for
all
of
the
other
successes
that
you
want
to
have
in
life,
and
so
any
municipality
has
the
ability
to
provide
the
support
and
the
environment
that
they
want
see
for
the
residents
that
live
in
their
communities,
housing
being.
A
Okay,
so
let's
talk
about
housing
and
some
of
the
related
terms,
because
when
you're
describing
the
work
that
you
do,
what
how
would
you,
how
would
you
define
some
of
the
the
more
pertinent
terms,
I've
heard:
affordability,
housing
itself
basic
needs.
You
know
what
what
just
comes
to
mind
for
us
that
we
should
know
going
into
it.
So.
D
Affordable
housing
is
really
a
simplistic
term.
I
like
to
look
at
it
as
housing
exists
on
a
certain
continuum
or
an
affordability
spectrum.
So
there's
housing,
that's
affordable
to
individuals
that
have
a
higher
income
higher
wage
and
there
is
housing,
that's
affordable
for
individuals
who
have
no
income,
and
everybody
exists
so
long
that
that's
breadth
of
that
span
of
affordability,
and
so
the
way
that
I
define
affordable
housing
is
that
housing
that
is
affordable
to
the
individual.
D
That
is
in
need
of
that
housing
and
to
further
explain
individuals
who
have
low
or
no
income
need
more
support
in
order
to
exist
somewhere
on
that
housing
continuum
and
then
also
being
able
to
say,
affordable
needs.
30%
of
your
income
paid
towards
your
housing.
Affordable
could
mean
you,
don't
have
a
lot
of
income
and
we
have
to
adjust
for
your,
maybe
a
disability,
or
you
have
a
different
need
for
your
housing
that
you
just
can't
find
in
the
regular
market.
D
A
D
From
a
development
perspective,
it
gives
me
kind
of
a
unique
approach,
so
we
look
at
the
housing
stock
that
we
have.
We
look
at
the
housing
across
the
city
and
we
say:
where
can
we
have
the
greatest
impact
oftentimes?
The
communities
that
are
the
least
engaged
in
economic
success
in
the
community
or
being
able
to
take
advantage
of
all
of
the
the
great
things
in
the
community
as
they
exist
for
them
are
often
economically
disadvantaged.
D
They
live
in
public
housing
or
they
live
in
housing
that
is
substandard
less
than
what
we
could
provide
to
them,
and
so,
when
I
look
at
how
we
impact
communities
housing,
their
affordable
housing
is
usually
one
of
the
first
changes
that
happens
when
us,
when
a
community
begins
to
experience
a
transition
from
being
very
blighted
to
being
a
place
that
is
viable
economically.
So
what
I
mean
by
that?
D
That
will
attract
additional
businesses
to
want
to
come
there
and
for
other
folks
to
want
to
come
back
to
the
community
and
to
live
with
out
looking
for
opportunities
for
displacement,
but
looking
for
opportunities
for
inclusion.
So
that's
another
area
that
development
can
bring
equity
and
really
promote.
It
appreciate.
A
That
there's
oftentimes
in
the
conversations
that
I
have
encountered
there
can
be
like
a
stigma
associated
with
the
rhetoric
around
this
idea
of
affordability.
Or
what
have
you
and
I
hear
you
talking
about
this
idea
of
being
intentional,
but
also
building
better
like
improving
conditions,
and
you
mentioned
this
is
a
basic
human
need.
A
Well,
in
this
case,
you're
you're
improving
the
lived
experience
of
folks
if
there
was
one
or
maybe
not
perhaps
one,
but
if
there's
there
is
something
in
the
general
conversation
that
you
encounter
that
you
wish
you
could
just
correct
or
I
missed
like
a
misunderstanding
that
people
often
have
about
about
the
stigma
associated
to
it
or
how
this
can
really
be
a
force
for
good.
How
would
you
go
about
doing
that?
Well,.
D
The
first
thing
is
I
would
hope
to
be
able
to
introduce
people
to
the
concept
that
all
housing
is
affordable,
housing,
that
everyone
needs
an
opportunity
to
be
able
to
have
a
decent
place
to
live
that
is
affordable
to
them.
Simply
because
you
have
a
lesser
income.
You
doesn't
mean
that
you
deserve
a
lesser
quality
of
housing,
that
you
deserve
a
lesser
quality
of
a
neighborhood
that,
where
you
live,
is
miserable
because
you're
poor
is
really
a
crime
to
me.
D
I
think
that
if
you
have
fewer
resources
and
it's
up
to
the
rest
of
us
to
help
lift
that
to
lift
that
quality
of
life,
so
that
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
across
the
spectrum
has
the
the
lowest
our
housing
would
be,
is
the
best
perspective
that
there
are
how
how
should
I
put
this.
The
lowest
quality
housing
is
acceptable
to
everyone
on
the
housing
spectrum
right.
A
D
For
instance,
I
wouldn't
want
to
live
in
a
I,
wouldn't
want
to
develop
anything
to
tell
someone
else
that
that's
where
they
should
live,
if
not
willing
to
live
there
myself,
if
I'm,
working
and
living
in
the
community,
that
that
is
a
positive
thing
and
I
wouldn't
want
to
build
anything
or
tell
anyone
else
that
that's
where
they
should
live.
That's
good
enough
for
you,
because
you're
poor,
that's
what
I
would
change
the
concept
that,
because
of
your
income,
you
deserve
less
and
that's
where
we
that's
where
we
have
to
have
to
change
a
conversation.
D
I'm,
not
saying
that
that's
a
cheap
concept,
because
housing
takes
money,
development
takes
money
being
able
to
provide
the
services
and
the
supports
that
people
need
so
for,
for
instance,
we
have,
you,
know
family
self-sufficiency
programs.
We
have
an
entire
department
that
focuses
on
raising
the
the
social,
economic
and
and
health
viability
of
these
communities,
so
that
our
residents
and
the
folks
that
partake
in
our
programs
are
really
able
to
to
grow.
D
A
Of
the
most
experienced
of
the
Housing
Authority
was
the
launch
of
connect
home
here
in
the
region,
and
it
showed
it
to
me
how
the
Housing,
Authority
and
different
partners
can
play
a
role
in
addressing
the
digital
divide
and
making
sure
that
folks
have
access
to
technology
and
I.
Think
it's
an
example
of
ways
that
the
Housing
Authority
assists
people
that
folks
might
not
know
about.
Because
so
could
you
spend
a
couple
minutes
sharing
about
the
programs?
A
D
D
Well,
one
of
the
one
of
the
ideas
is
that
we
need
to
make
sure
that
people
understand
that
these
opportunities
are
available
to
them,
because
if
you've
worked
for
two
years
and
you're
able
to
show
that
stable
income,
then
you're
eligible
for
some
of
these
programs
I
think
that
another.
That
a
misunderstanding
is
that
individuals
coming
into
public
housing
are
not
employed
or
they're,
not
employable.
And
that's
not
that's
not
true.
D
So
there
are
opportunities
here
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
and
it's
really
something
that
I
have
to
say
that
having
worked
across
the
country,
our
executive
director,
caster
Binion,
he
has
really
promoted
that
and
looked
for
ways
to
be
creative
and
smart.
Instead
of
just
waiting
for
something
terrible
to
happen
to
be
to
be
nimble
enough
and
understanding
the
the
forethought
or
having
the
forethought
to
make
those
type
of
changes.
Yeah.
A
You're
doing
if
you're
doing
work
serving,
you
know
basic
need,
as
you
still
don't
put
it.
It
means
that
you
can
also
be
responding
to
crisis
and
so
being
able
to
be
nimble
and
proactively.
Intentional
I
think
makes
a
lot
of
sense
for
leadership.
One
last
final
question:
for
you
on
this
point:
I
don't
go
to
the
URA,
given
your
experience
around
the
nation,
I
wonder
what
you
how
you
would
share
about
like
what
Pittsburgh
has
going
for
it.
A
You
know
what
it
what
differentiates
it
from
other
place,
that
you've
seen
and
certainly
a
reality
from
from
Koba,
no
matter
which
way
you
look
is
that
it's
very
difficult
to
do
any
kind
of
reliable
forecasting.
So
much
is
changing.
So
much
is
evolving,
but
if
you
were
to
say,
if
you
were
to
describe
what
success
looks
like
as
if
you
were
to
say,
you
know,
we'll
know
the
fruit
of
success
in
these
ways,
you
know
what
would
that
look
like
you
know
the
future,
for
you.
D
So
to
answer
your
first
question:
I
think
that
what
Pittsburgh
has
going
for
it
is
that
it
is
a
leadership
of
a
leadership
team
and
a
togetherness
III
struggle
to
put
it
into
words,
because
you
don't
see
it
often
where
you
have
individuals
that
are
working
together
on
a
daily
weekly
basis.
In
order
to
promote
these
type
of
activities.
There
are
communities
where
housing
is
an
afterthought
where
they
do
not
put
housing
as
a
priority.
D
A
So
like
this
idea
of
it's
hard
to
forecast
because
of
comb
it,
but
it
given
what
Pittsburgh
has
going
for
and
the
gaps
that
you
see,
you
know
what
would
success
look
like
if
you
were
to
say
hey,
we
really
we've
really
done
a
great
job
here
in
four
years
and
five
years.
You
know
what
would
some
of
the
the
fruits
of
that
success.
Trees,
notice
people
look
like
well.
D
The
fruit
of
the
success
went
first
of
all,
being
able
to
look
across
the
landscape
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
be
able
to
see
where
we
have
had
impact
in
communities
without
without
treating
any
one
community
any
differently
than
the
other.
So
that
means
that
all
communities
help
share
and
bear
the
burden
and
the
the
success
of
having
everyone
in
this
community
be
stabili
house.
So
it's
a
it's
inclusion.
It
is
no
community
left
behind.
D
Everybody
helps
lift
the
load,
and
what
I
could
say
is
that
in
five
years
it
may
not
happen
that
quickly,
because
housing
development
is,
you
know.
Sometimes
the
project
might
take
you
five
years
to
even
launch
or
break
ground
or
even
even
longer,
but
what
it
would
look
like
is
that
we
continue
to
have
these
dialogues
continue
to
work
together
and
that
housing
is,
is
a
priority
and
remains
a
priority.
I.
A
Appreciate
that
I'd
like
to
go
to
the
URA
last,
but
certainly
not
least,
really
excited
to
kind
of
bring
this
other
layer,
the
Venn
diagram
with
this
discussion
to
bear
and
then
open
it
up
for
everyone
to
kind
of
have
a
conversation.
You
know
after
this
Jessica.
Thank
you
so
much
for
taking
the
time
today,
I'll
begin
with
you.
Could
you
describe
the
URA,
as
you
would
explain
it
to
some
young
people
and
then
I'm,
just
wondering
where
your
mind
goes
of
what
your
thoughts
aren't.
Given
the
conversation
you
heard
so
far,.
E
Sure
absolutely
this,
okay
and
I'll
only
leave
the
flies
up
for
about
two
minutes,
but
I'm
going
to
share
my
screen
real
fast,
just
because
it
has
a
couple
of
slides
at
the
squared
bu
RA
on
it
group.
So
can
everybody
see
that?
Yes,
yes,
okay,
so
you
actually
know
what
is
the
URA
and
the
URA?
We
are
the
Redevelopment
Authority
for
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
You
know
the
economic
development
agency
and
an
agency
that
helps
with
housing,
and
you
know
we're
here
to
kind
of
help.
E
You
know
increase
the
economic
vitality
of
the
city.
However,
if
you
rehear,
what's
in
black,
you
are
a
is
committed
to
creating
more
housing
that
is
affordable
to
the
average
Pittsburgher,
encouraging
more
entrepreneurship
and
small
business
development
and
creating
quality,
job
creation
and
growth
and
also
developing
a
talented
workforce.
This
is
really
you
know
what
we
do
and
who
we
are,
but
who
do
we
help?
E
This
is
really
important
in
this
context,
because
I've
been
at
the
URA
for
for
almost
20
years
and
and
I
really
have
to
say
that
you
know
when
I
first
started.
We
worked
a
lot
on
major
development
in
the
city
and
bringing
in
major
development
into
the
city,
and
really
we
did
it.
We
we
did
fund
affordable
healthy
20
years
ago,
but
we
also
funded.
E
You
know,
market
rate
housing
because
at
the
time
in
Pittsburgh
you
know,
housing
was
less
than
a
dollar
a
square
foot
and
rent,
and
then
I
would
say
about
ten
years
ago
we
saw
$2
a
square
foot
in
rent
and
then
now
we're
well
over
three
dollars
a
square
foot
in
rent.
Just
to
put
that
in
perspective,
think
about
a
1,000
square
foot
apartment
right
that
that
went
from
you
know
less
than
a
thousand
dollars
20
years
ago.
E
E
We
were
funding
both,
but
now
we
realize
five
years
ago
that
you
know,
as
the
city
grew
as
we
started,
to
see
some
growth
that
other
cities
in
the
east
part
of
the
country
were
seeing
a
whole
population
of
folks
were
left
behind
and
the
affordable
housing
task
force
was
created,
I
think
around
2015
to
really
study
that
and
Mayor
Peduto
and
his
administration
and
the
City
Council.
You
know
voted
for
the
legislation
to
create
the
Housing,
Opportunity
Fund
and
then
also
funded
it
and.
E
And
it
has
been
such
an
honor
I
think
for
the
URA
to
be
able
to
to
use
that
as
a
tool
to
really
help
the
individuals
that
don't
need
the
house
and
tools
and
the
slide
that
that
crashed
on
me
said
you
know
who
do
we
help?
Yes,
we
help
developers,
but
we
also
help
homeowners
people
that
want
to
buy
a
home.
We
help
tenants.
The
team
is
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
we
do
that,
but
we
also
help
existing
homeowners
repairs
our
homes
and
things
like
that.
E
A
Thank
you
I
appreciate
that
so
you
mentioned
that
you've
been
with
the
URA
for
almost
20
years
now.
This
is
one
of
those
interesting
Pittsburgh
examples
where
there's
this
this
entity,
that's
existed
for
a
while
I
looked
it
up,
1946
the
beginning
of
the
of
the
URA
they're,
a
Development
Authority.
Can
you
just
speak
to
like
how
the
conversation
around
what
the
URA
does
has
changed
you
mentioned
about?
There
are
more
recent
tools
that
you
have
your
disposal,
but
how
would
you
describe
that?
The
change
is
thought
over
time.
Given
your
perspective,.
E
Yeah,
so
you
know
it's
a
great
question,
so
you
know
over
time
I
mean
we
were
the
development
agency
for
the
city.
You
know
funding
large
developments,
removing
you
know
removing
contaminated
brownfield
sites,
things
like
that
and
and
yeah
there's
so
large
development
sites
that
suddenly
developed
in
the
city,
but
but
I
think
the
differences.
We're
now
also
really
focused
on
the
individuals
on
the
healthy
side,
really
helping
individuals
get
into
homeownership.
E
E
I,
don't
know
if
you
can
see
that,
but
it
talked
about
down
payment
and
closing
cost
assistance,
and
it
really
talks
about
how,
for
folks
underneath
eighty
percent
ami,
which
is
roughly
45,000
for
like
a
household
of
three
or
up
to
even
as
high
as
115
percent
ami,
which
is
closer
to
you,
know
like
seventy
thousand.
They
can
qualify
for
down
payment
money
through
us
to
purchase
their
first
home
in
the
city,
because,
right
now
what
has
happened
like
when
I
talked
about
the
beginning?
E
We
have
seen
rents
go
sky-high
right,
but
what
we've
also
see
in
the
last
20
years,
as
mortgage
rates
go
down,
the
last
couple
years
have
been
a
little
funny
with
mortgage
rates,
but
but
prior
to
that,
the
last
ten
years
mortgage
rates
have
gone.
You
know
steadily
downward.
What
does
that
mean?
That
means
that,
for
you
know,
average
Pittsburgher
making
$50,000
or
even
less
in
some
respects,
$30,000
$35,000
they
can
buy
a
house
and
their
mortgage
payments
be
less
than
then.
An
affordable
unit
really
occur
for
rent.
E
You
know
it's
a
good
starting
point
and
these
tools,
through
the
Housing
Opportunity
Fund,
is
also
a
good
starting
point,
and
also
just
we
can't
forget
about
the
long
term
residents
in
the
city
who
purchased
our
home
30
or
40
years
ago
and
have
paid
their
taxes
and
have
been
really
good,
City
residents
and
need
a
little
bit
of
help
fixing
up
their
house
because
they
live
on
a
fixed
income,
and
we
have
a
program
for
that.
We
have
the
homeowner
assistance
program
that
can
help
fix
up
folks
homes
up
to
$30,000
worth
of
repairs.
E
A
Great
okay,
Bettina:
let's
bring
it
to
you
to
you
a
real
fast
thanks
for
taking
the
time
today
and
listening
so
patiently
to
all
the
voices
on
the
call.
I
wondered
what
your
MOT,
where
your
mind
goes
with
with
this
conversation
and
what
specific
programs
you'd
like
to
share
with
folks
today
and
I'd
like
to
talk
more
about
the
ecosystem
of
folks
that
you
all
work
with.
Oh.
F
Definitely
so
I'm
gonna
provide
a
pretty
concentrated
version
of
the
information
that
PRA
offers.
But
again,
if
you
have
any
questions
about
anything
that
just
kind
of
discussed
today
definitely
reach
out
to
your
ura
or
visit
our
website
at
your
age.
Oog
for
more
information
and
regards
to
this
conversation,
I
just
wanted
to
touch
on
a
couple
of
programs
that
you're
a
Pittsburgh
participates
in.
F
One
of
them
is
welcoming
Pittsburgh
I'm
in
his
house
in
the
mayor's
office,
and
it's
fear,
hugs
the
diversity
and
immigrant
initiatives
throughout
the
city,
the
city
and
your
is
also
part
of
a
cohort
called
welcoming
economies,
which
is
unarmed,
welcoming,
America
and
welcoming
economies
provides
technical
assistance,
URIs
housing
and
business
departments
to
help
build
more
equitable
programs
throughout
the
city
and
particularly
towards
the
immigrant
and
refugee
communities.
This
first
pilot
program
includes
Pittsburgh
and
Louisville
and
urbana-champaign.
F
Another
program
that
I
also
wanted
to
briefly
touch
on
and
I
think
all
of
our
consumer
facing
programs
are
so
extremely
important.
At
this
time
I
just--can
mentioned.
We
have
a
program
that
helps
you
find
your
first
home
in
the
city
have
a
program
that
assists
necessary
home
repairs,
but
I
think
the
program
that
is
most
relevant
to
the
current
climate.
Right
now
is
the
housing
stabilization
program,
the
very
offers
through
the
housing
outreach,
and
so
through
the
housing
stabilization
program.
F
We
do
provide
rental
and
utility
assistance
to
renters
at
households
at
50%
ami
are
below,
and
we
also
provide
mortgage
assistance
to
households
at
80%,
ami
or
below
who
live
in
the
city.
Just
to
clarify
ami
seems
for
area
median
income.
It
is
a
figure
calculated
by
HUD
to
help
determine
the
level
each
household.
The
figures
are
adjusted
each
year
to
accommodate
for
inflation
and
fluctuating
Constantine
home.
So
this
program
was
launched
July
of
last
year
through
the
Housing
Opportunity
Fund.
F
It
has
been
part
of
the
Housing
Opportunity
funds,
portfolio
programs
that
have
been
operational
since
honey
eight.
But
since
kovat
nineteen
hit
demand
for
the
program
just
increased
dramatically,
but
in
the
first
couple
of
days
since,
when
pandemic
hit
our
region,
specifically,
we
had
received
over
500
influence
about
this
program.
I
know
not.
F
F
One
other
things
to
result
to
come
out
of
the
pandemic,
though,
is
that
we
had
to
take
a
deeper
dive
into
our
program
to
assess
like
which
program
policies
are
working
and
which
aren't
are
we
unintentionally
included,
excluding
or
to
turn
specific
populations
from
being
able
to
access
our
programs?
And
if
so,
we
need
to
address
those
issues.
So
the
housing
team
at
the
URA
were
able
to
develop
and
amend
the
housing
stabilization
program
to
take
into
consideration
the
immediate
and
long-term
effects
of
code
9.
F
So,
as
you'll
see
some
of
the
things
that
we
had
changed
included
how
we
collect
identification,
most
of
a
just
processes
have
been
moved
online,
virtually
to
accommodate
where
the
pandemic
will
also
have
one
service
provider
that
still
conducts
in-person
appointment.
Compliance
we
may
not
have
electronically
or
may
not
have
may
not
feel
comfortable
completing
the
intake
online,
also,
how
documentation
that
we
collect
from
income.
We
are
more
flexible
about
as
well
and
how
we
calculate
income
and
then
also
just
being
more
flexible
on
checking
city
and
county
taxes.
F
Also
talks
about
language
access,
so
once
this
pen,
when
the
endemic
hit,
he
immediately
implemented
a
pronated
unturned
system
by
the
way
to
one
one
to
be
able
to
better
address
the
high
demand
for
the
program.
The
trafficker
program
was
just
so
high
that
we
needed
something
that
was
able
to
answer
people's
phone
calls
24/7,
which
united
way
to
a
one
and
two
and
then
with
the
canadian
entry
system
in
place.
We
also
brought
on
additional
service
providers
to
administer
the
housing
civilization
program.
So
in
march
we
had
five.
F
Now
we
have
twelve
and
two
of
those
agencies
are
actually
paired
towards
helping
specific
populations.
The
Jewish
Family
Services
really
will
help
the
immigrant
refugee
and
a
limited
english
language
speakers
and
then
also
we
have
the
veterans
leadership
program
which
will
help
the
veteran
population
as
well.
These
are
just
some
demographics
of
the
program
to
date,
so
we
have
processed
over
a
thousand
applications
for
this
program.
A
F
So
one
of
the
questions
we
ask
is:
is
your
housing
situation
or
your
need
for
the
civilization
program
directly
tied
to
coded
and
a
majority
of
the
households
since
March
have
said?
Yes,
that
their
need
is
tied
directly
to
coded
and,
as
you
know,
the
long-term
effects
of
code
set
and
we're
expecting
that
number
to
almost
increase
almost
100%.
A
That's
extraordinary,
thank
you,
so
much
of
lepa,
Tina
and
I'd
like
to
just
open
it
up
to
you
know
to
everybody
here.
You
know:
here's
when
I
when
I.
Listen
to
this
conversation,
you
know
here's
here's!
What
I
see
we
have
this
enormous
topic.
You
know
housing.
It's
related
to
people's
basic
needs,
its
related
to
their
people's
economic
stability
of
potential
for
growth,
it's
related
to
their
ability
to
ensure
good
educational
outcomes
for
their
kid
and
stuff
like
that,
and
yet
it's
also
one
that's
being
impacted
by
koban
and
the
recent
economic
distress.
A
F
So
I
would
like
to
say
that
you
know
when
you
take
away
that
I
wouldn't
like
people
who
are
viewing.
This
you
know
is
that
there
is
help
and
there
is
assistance
out
there.
There
are
programs
that
we
can
help
with
and
I,
encourage
you
to
reach
out
to
t11
or
to
the
URA
to
help
you
know
ask
questions
most
likely
is
a
program
that
can
help
you,
but
your
a
is
here
to
help
and
we
want
to
ensure
that
you
can
shelter-in-place
turn
this
time.
B
Yeah
I
just
would
say,
I
think
what
you've
heard,
whether
it's
the
you
know,
housing
authority
talking
about
the
great
work,
they're
doing
and
kind
of
working
with
their
residents
around
evictions
in
eviction,
innovation
or
whether
it's
in
conjunction
with
the
Commission
on
human
relations
or
Vista.
You
are
a
talking
about
the
work
that
they're
doing
really
well,
what
you
see
is
there.
B
This
are
the
people
who
have
been
negatively
impacted
by
all
the
things
we
talked
around
economy,
education
and
so,
while
we're
working
on
those
other
things,
we
also
know
that
people
need
to
be
to
be
a
shelter-in-place.
People
need
to
be
able
to
be
stable
and
then,
as
it
is
relevant
right,
people
also
need
these
pathways
to
opportunity.
They
need
to
be
able
to
go
on
a
site
and
maybe
use
a
different
language.
A
Way
in
here
chief,
you
talked
about
this
idea
of
supporting
people
matter
who
they
are
look
at
the
numbers
that
they
just
shared,
and
we
talked
about
equity,
the
breakdown
by
sex,
82%,
female
by
race,
74%,
african-americans,
so
laughs
can
we
talk
about
equity
and
it
remains
in
this
kind
of
fuzzy
field
or
something
we'd
like
to
see.
And
yet,
when
you
look
at
the
numbers
of
on
how
these
partnerships
and
how
these
governmental
agencies
how
these
teams
are
functioning,
there
is
an
equity
reality
right
there.
A
B
Absolutely
and
I
think
you
know
again
going
back
to
the
idea,
the
definition
equity
and
being
like.
You
cannot
use
race,
gender
class
neighborhood
to
start
to
define
the
quality
of
life
like
Monique
talked
about,
and
you
know
you
want
quality
housing
there.
Anyone
want
to
live
in
right.
So,
no
matter
where
people
are,
you
want
quality,
safe,
clean
housing
that
they
can
live
in
and
we
know
that
resources
need
to
go
to
those
who
have
suffered
the
most.
B
A
lot
of
the
great
work
that
they
do
is
really
engaging
people
where
they
are
acknowledging
where
people
are
and
engaging
them
where
they
are
to
be
able
to
get
the
resources
to
who
needs
them.
Even
if
you
know
they
may
not
be
in
the
systems
or
talking
to
a
whole
bunch
of
people,
we
want
to
be
able
to
get
to
those
need
and
help
them
in
that
way
to
shelter
in
place.
B
While
we
look
at
what
are
the
pathways
of
opportunity
going
forward,
so
I
think
it
really
is
a
conversation
that
really
brings
equity
right
to
the
heart
of
it,
and
you
see
it
and
you're,
leading
with
equity
you're,
leading
with
trying
to
help
those
who
have
been
impacted
in
order
to
stabilize
and
keep
people
safe.
While
we
go
through
this
tumultuous
time,
Thank.
A
You
Monique
Jessica
all
right
love
you
des
to
weigh
in
here
to
the
extent
you
feel
comfortable
because
there's
this
idea
of
this
topic
then
there's
the
idea
of
like
the
programs
are
available
or
the
resources
that
are
available
and
then
there's
the
idea
of
how
do
you
get
that
information
out
and
when
I've
heard
each
of
you
speak
to
to
a
certain
extent
is
how
you
go
about
doing
that?
Maybe
it's
through
a
portal,
like
all
we're
saying,
with
different
languages.
C
Yeah
just
to
highlight
and
piggyback
off
what
of
15
inches
Blaine
just
mentioned
I,
do
think
it's
very
important
for
and
I
encourage
those
to
reach
out
for
the
differ
for
different
programs
and
the
resources
via
to
one
one
to
the
URA
utilizing
the
harp
website
or
three
one
one,
at
least
in
my
work.
Speaking
specifically
for
myself.
C
I
found
that
I
need
to
be
more
diligent
in
how
I'm,
promoting
and
marketing
what
is
going
on
and
bringing
it
to
the
forefront
as
a
cheat
lane
to
spoke
to
meeting
people
directly
where
they're
at
to
where
I
live
in
this
world,
where
I'm
always
paying
attention
to
what's
going
on
and
in
civic
spaces
and
in
government
and
some
people
don't
watch
the
news.
Some
people
don't
get
press
releases
so
just
making
sure
we're
taking
every
and
possible
to
meet
people
where
they
are
in
the
spaces.
C
So
the
community
leaders
and
organizations
in
it
and
the
CDC's
also
have
it
so
they're
able
to
so
they're
able
to
be
our
sounding
boards
for
specific
things.
In
my,
in
my
personal
opinion,
I
challenge
myself
weekly
daily
to
be
better
at
promoting
what
we're
doing
in
it.
It's
more
easily
accessible,
yeah.
D
And
to
jump
in,
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
think
is
really
important
and
critical.
Is
that
we
look
at
the
residents
as
the
housing
authority.
We-
and
we
have
done
this-
we
look
at
the
residents
we
serve,
but
then
we
also
look
at
the
businesses
in
the
community
or
the
landlords
that
are
impacted
by
the
fact
that
our
residents
are
impacted
and
so
looking
for
ways
to
reach
out
to
landlord
make
sure
that
they
understand.
E
I
mean
I
echo.
What
everyone's
saying
about
just
please
reach
out
I
mean
there
is
a
program
for
you.
Somehow,
how
can
save
ability
is?
You
know
such
a
personal
thing
to
people
right,
but
it's
de
livelihood,
it's
their
ability
to
keep
a
roof
over
their
family's
head,
and
we
are
here
for
them,
because
here's
some
here's
one
way,
I
think
the
you
are
a
sipper
now
than
we
were
before,
and
that
is
if
somebody
calls
we
don't
have
a
program
for
them
now.
We
know
somebody
that
does
I
mean
the
network
of
providers.
E
The
network
of
government
agencies
is
just
so
strong
right
now
that
we
will
try
to
get
you
in
the
right
place.
I
also
don't
think
anyone's
mentioned
that
the
city
financial
empowerment
centers
to
date,
yet
but
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
responds
or
something
called
financial,
empowerment,
centers,
and
there
are
free
financial
counselors
that
can
sit
and
meet
with
you
for
I
think,
like
an
hour
day
for
like
up
to
eight
hours
or
something
like
that
about
really
anything
that
you
need
or
want
from
a
financial
perspective.
E
C
E
How
do
I
start
to
save
for
home
ownership
or
how
do
I
pay
us
on
my
credit
card
debt?
Please,
you
know
reach
out
to
them
through
neighborhood
allies
or
you
could
contact
us
or
the
mayor's
office
to
get
in
contact
with
them.
But
my
email
is
Jason
aperi
at
ura
or
email
me.
Anything
I
will
have
a
you.
Are
a
staff
person.
You
know
get
in
contact
with
you
as
soon
as
possible.
Miss.
F
E
E
F
F
A
Thank
you
for
that
and
we'll
make
sure
that
the
the
chat
is
linked
up
in
our
team.
Members
have
been
paying
attention
to
make
sure
that
there
are
links
in
the
chat
for
folks,
and
certainly
you
can
go
to
each
of
the
website.
They've
been
mentioned
from
the
organizations
that
are
on
the
call
and
learn
more
there
as
well
and
as
it
may
seem
clear,
a
reach
out
of
these
team
members
to
learn
more
and
to
engage
with
their
teams.
A
There
are
interfaces
to
make
that
easier.
There
are
one-stop
shops
now
where
you
can
get
a
whole
bunch
of
information
at
once.
There
are
financial,
empowerment
centers,
where
people
will
just
walk
you
through
it.
Is
it
budgeting,
so
you
can
save
50
extra
dollars,
or
is
it
learning
about
how
you
can
put
yourself
in
a
position
to
buy
a
first
home
and
what
programs
are
available?
Is
it
setting
up
a
fund
for
your
potential
children
to
go
to
college?
A
This
is
where
we're
at
and
in
long
term
conversations
and
there
is,
there-
are
resources
and
ways
for
folks
to
receive
assistance.
Let's
bring
this
conversation
to
a
close,
my
friends,
any
final
incursions
for
those
that
are
watching
and
since
you
all
have
done
such
a
good
job
on
pointing
to
the
resources
for
your
organizations
and
places
that
they
can
learn
more
anything.
Just
on
a
personal
note,
as
your
as
you
think
about
the
conversation,
if
at
that
you
would
say
to
people
that
might
be
listening,
you
know
for
them
in
this
time,.
B
A
All
right
well,
thank
you
all
so
much.
You
know
for
your
time.
I've
learned,
you
know
so
much
in
the
call
I
want
to
thank
both
of
our
interpreters,
Megan
and
iris
for
their
time
as
well,
and
to
all
of
you
or
any
of
you
that
have
taken
the
time
to
be
with
us
on
the
call
today.
Please
check
the
chat
for
the
resources
that
were
mentioned
and
look
these
folks
up
online
to
engage
more
of
them
and
learn
from
them.
We're
going
to
continue
with
the
series
to
unpack.
We
always
relate
the
COBIT
inequity.
A
I
really
just
give
folks
a
chance
to
get
to
learn
about
the
people
that
are
here.
You
know
working
on
these
issues
during
our
time
during
co,
vid
we're
also
thinking
about
you
know
the
future,
how
we
make
a
private
future
for
all,
as
the
mayor
likes
to
say.
So
in
the
meantime,
please
take
the
very
best
care
of
yourselves
and
we'll
see
you
next
time.