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A
A
Welcome
everyone:
this
is
our
first
in-person
meeting
for
quite
some
time
for
the
Hof
Dollar
Bank
has
been
generous
enough
to
offer
that
we
can
have
meetings
here
if
the
space
is
available,
so
we're
going
to
do
our
absolute
best
to
make
sure
we
can
be
in
person
as
much
as
we
can.
We
want
to
hear
voices.
We
want
to
see
facial
expressions
when
we're
having
discussions.
We
really
want
that
integration
and
viewpoints,
so
we're
going
to
do
our
absolute
best
to
be
better
with
our
Outreach
going
forward
and
so
we're
going
to
kick
off.
A
A
A
C
A
Okay,
we're
also
joined
by
our
Ura
staff.
Thank
you
all
for
coming
we'd
like
to
review
and
approve
our
minutes
quickly.
Does
anybody
have
any
questions,
comments
or
additions
to
the
minutes.
E
A
Thanks
Alan,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say:
aye.
F
A
Any
Nays
great,
we
are
good
with
the
minutes
and
we're
gonna
juggle
the
agenda
a
little
bit
everyone.
So
we
have
some
guests
with
us
with
some
time
constraints
and
we
are
going
to
you
know,
make
sure
we
can
accommodate
them,
so
we're
going
to
hear
from
action,
housing
and
then
we're
going
to
go
to
Legal.
So
if
you're,
following
along
with
your
agenda,
we're
going
to
skip
a
little
bit.
G
I
Sense
all
right,
hey!
Thank
you!
All
my
name
is
Kyle
Webster
I
am
the
vice
president
of
Housing
and
general
counsel
for
Action
housing.
I
was
asked
to
come
today
to
give
an
update
on
the
housing
civilization
program,
the
rental
assistance
side.
Hsp
does
refer
to
two
programs,
rental
assistance
and
Mortgage
Assistance
action
has
been
engaged
to
run
the
rental
assistance
side
of
things
by
DHS
through
their
agreement
with
the
Ura.
I
I
What
we've
done
in
Allegheny
County
is
we've
built
off
of
the
actually
the
next
one
we've
built
off
of
the
successes
of
e-wrap
and
have
really
capitalized
off
of
the
existing
collaborations
and
infrastructure
that
was
built
through
e-wrap
to
try
to
streamline
rental
assistance
and
housing.
Stabilization
programs
around
Allegheny
County
to
include,
of
course,
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
I
In
doing
so,
what
we
did
you
know:
pre-covered
a
person
facing
instability
had
to
potentially
reach
out
to
upwards
of
four
or
five
different
places.
To
apply
for
rental
assistance
to
seek
stability
to
avoid
having
them
and
their
families
become
unhoused
and
we've
made
it
so
that
there's
one
primary
door.
I
There
are
a
lot
of
ways
to
get
to
that
door,
but
there's
one
primary
door
and
we
call
that
the
Allegheny,
County,
Housing
civilization,
collaborative
and
HSP
is
one
of
these
funding
sources
that
is
accessed
through
the
store
one
thing
I
did
want
to
mention
was
the
kind
of
Hub
of
this
work.
Is
the
housing
stabilization
Center,
which
is
located
at
415
7th
Avenue?
Let's
look
in
the
back
for
confirmation
in
downtown
Pittsburgh
that
is
actually
entirely
funded
through
predominantly
grants
by
r.k,
melon
and
UPMC,
as
well
as
the
Pittsburgh
Foundation.
I
So
the
housing
civilization
Center
has
been
the
Hub
of
this,
and
that
has
really
helped
quite
a
bit
in
giving
an
In-Place
place
for
folks
to
come
and
talk
about
this
stuff.
To
give
just
a
little
context.
In
the
month
of
August
743,
individual
people
walked
through
the
housing
civilization
Center's
doors
to
receive
housing
civilization
services.
That
is
a
ridiculous
number,
but
our
staff
between
us
and
the
rental
PGH
team
has
been
able
to
help
those
folks
as
they've
come
together.
I
I
also
just
want
to
highlight
the
partners.
The
core
collaboration
is
action:
housing,
rental,
PGH,
Urban,
League,
the
YWCA
wave,
neighborhood
allies
and
just
mediation
Pittsburgh.
We
are
funded
by
Allegheny
County
DHS,
the
Ura
City
of
Pittsburgh,
r.k,
Mellon,
Pittsburgh
foundation
and
UPMC,
and
we
also
have
other
partner
agencies
such
as
neighboring
allies
should
have
Neighborhood
Legal
Services
on
here.
I.
Apologies
for
that,
as
well
as
various
cdcs
and
Community
groups.
I
So
let's
look
at
the
impacts
this
launched
in
March,
so
this
only
goes
until
July
you'll
understand
soon.
Why
that
really
does
matter,
because
August
was
a
big
month
for
the
collaborative
so
since
July.
This
is
where
you
are
seeing
the
impact
of
HSP
funding
around
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
I
will
say
this
is
by
ZIP
code,
so
it
may
look
like
some
of
these
are
outside
of
the
city,
like
the
one
that
goes
out
almost
to
Moon.
I
That
obviously
is
a
ferrywood
and
Idlewood
and
other
Pittsburgh
neighborhoods
that
are
encompassed
in
the
same
zip
code,
but
the
payments
were
all
entirely
within
the
city,
so
this
shows
you
that
we've
been
able
to
impact
through
July
111
households,
giving
out
a
total
of
409
208
dollars
with
a
median
of
4022
per
household,
and
the
minimum
we've
paid
has
been
318
dollars
for
a
household.
I
The
maximum
has
been
six
thousand
dollars,
and
that
has
been
that
that's
the
max,
so
that
would
be
the
max
we
could
pay
every
single
Council
District
at
this
point
has
been
impacted
by
this
fund.
Almost
every
single
ZIP
code
has
been.
There
is
one
ZIP
code
at
this
point
that
has
not
been
yet.
It
is
that
ZIP
code
right
there
in
the
middle
that
is
Shadyside
other
than
that.
Every
zip
code
that
touches
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
has
received
some
bit
of
rental
assistance
through
HSP
since
March.
I
So
this
is
where
we're
going
to
learn.
Why
also
August
not
being
on
there
really
matters
so
under
the
previous
contract,
because
our
contract
is
a
July
to
June
contract.
So
we
had
a
partial
contract
for
March
through
June,
and
then
we
have
the
current
contract,
which
is
July
through
through
June
of
2024..
I
We
received
525
000
annually
from
HSP
as
part
of
our
contract
with
THS,
that's
393
750
for
direct
rental
assistance
and
131
000
for
admin.
I
So
in
March
the
launch
of
the
program
we
spent
4158
into
one
household
and
since
then
you
see
the
ramp
up
where
we
spent
a
total
of
280
265.45
through
June,
then
the
current
contract
began
in
July
of
2023..
In
July
we
spent
130
881.66.
I
In
August,
we
spent
162
195
70..
That
is
a
obviously
substantial
Spike,
and
that
does
also
mean
that
for
the
July
through
June
allocation
for
the
month
of
September,
we
have
100
672.64
cents.
Left
I
did
check
with
our
accounting
department.
Prior
to
this,
we
are
down
to
a
little
bit
below
80
000.
I
Now,
with
the
payments
we've
made
in
this
first
week
of
the
month
of
September,
so
the
HSP
program,
as
part
of
ask,
will
be
winding
down
this
month
for
this
year,
unless
we're
able
to
get
additional
funding,
which
obviously
we
would
love
and
be
open
to
receiving.
I
I
I
Our
estimation
is,
we
have
about
two
weeks
left
of
HSP
funding,
and
just
so
you
all
know,
the
full
number
I
forgot
to
write
it
down
is
about
174
households
that
we
have
directly
impacted
with
HSP,
since
we
took
over
the
program
in
March
of
2023,
which
again
shows
you
how
big
of
a
month
August
was
because
August
added
quite
a
few
households
to
that
number.
I
So
how
do
we
get
here
and
where
next
yeah
I
already
talked
about
a
lot
of
this,
but
covet
created
an
unprecedented
eviction
crisis
that
we're
still
working
our
way
out
of
what
we
are
in
right
now.
Those
who
work
on
the
front
lines
of
this
work,
which
includes
many
of
you
on
this
board,
is
not
the
long-term
status
quo.
We
we
hope,
because
that's
not
sustainable.
I
We
are
all
coming
together
trying
to
address
this
unprecedented
crisis
together,
as
we
figure
out
what
it
looks
like,
given
the
disparities
that
occurred
during
covid,
the
housing
and
stability,
the
increase
in
rent
prices,
the
lack
of
increase
of
especially
lower
paying
wages,
Etc
the
Euro
housing
team,
I
do
want
to
say,
has
been
incredibly
collaborative.
That's
also
a
key
reason:
we've
gotten
here
with
HSP.
There
have
always
been
barriers
in
rental
assistance
programs.
Some
of
those
barriers
are
necessary.
I
Some
of
those
barriers
cause
disproportionate
harm,
especially
to
single
parents,
to
people
of
color.
Etc
we've
been
able
to
work
with
the
housing
team
at
the
array
to
really
attack
a
lot
of
these
barriers
and
remove
the
ones
that
aren't
necessary
that
may
be
causing
undue
harm
and
that
really
has
opened
up
the
door
for
a
lot
more
households
to
access
this
funding,
which
has
been
fantastic,
especially
during
this
crisis.
H
I
H
I
I
It
is
also
noticeable
that,
because
of
the
housing
team
at
the
Ura
working
with
action
and
with
our
other
partners,
that
HSP
has
been
able
to
be
one
of
the
most
flexible
funding
sources
and
it's
also
the
only
source
that
is
unique
to
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
which
we
have
unfortunately
seen
has
been
uniquely
impacted
by
the
eviction
crisis
that
we
have
seen.
Post
coven
asking
under
action
will
continue
until
2025.
I
Our
current
contract
with
DHS
goes
until
2025,
so
our
expectation
would
be
that
ask
as
well
as
the
two
of
the
other
annual
funding
sources
in
that
contract
will
replenish
come
July
of
2024..
That
will
happen
automatically.
We
also
have
another
funding
source,
which
is
the
ARP
funding.
That
is
why
our
contract
goes
to
2025.
So
that's
a
one-time
funding
source
that
goes
until
that
time,
allocating
more
HSP
funds
sooner.
I
That
will
obviously
impact
even
more
households,
though
I,
do
want
to
highlight
the
impact
that
HSP
has
had
in
the
housing
instability
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
Since
our
partnership
began
in
March
has
not
been
minimal,
and
it
is
something
that
is
definitely
worthy
of
being
proud
of
and
something
that
we
should
celebrate.
So
that
is
what
I
was
asked
to
talk
about,
and
that
is
what
I
was
set
to
present
on
just
to
ask
for
questions.
I
don't
know.
A
A
Kyle,
something
I
know
that
members
of
The
Advisory
always
are
interested
in
is
admin
because
admin
can
sound
like
it's
of
course,
it's
one
thing,
but
it
could
possibly
be
something
else.
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
that,
because
I
think
that
that
goes
into
the
counselors
that
are
working
with
folks
that
goes
into
the
intake
that
goes
into
the
application
processing.
Can
you
give
the
group
an
overview
of
what
that
admin
actually
entails?
Absolutely.
I
I
Staff
staff
are
the
key
things
that
admin
covers.
Our
staff
includes
a
team
of
I
believe
nine
full-time
employees
under
Natalie
Ryan,
who
oversees
our
work
and
who's.
Here
in
this
group,
those
nine
individuals
work
very
diligently
with
clients
directly.
They
are
all
of
them
take
shifts
at
the
HSC
as
well
as
taking
shifts
at
home,
as
well
as
working
in
the
downtown
office
of
action,
housing
to
be
accessible
to
tenants
and
landlords,
both
via
phone
via
email,
as
well
as
in
person
as
needed.
I
That
is
the
biggest
chunk
of
what
admin
covers.
Is
the
human
beings
that
meet
with
these
individuals
in
crisis
and
work
to
help
them
stabilize
the
admin?
I
The
admin
of
ask
total,
which
is
a
larger
thing,
obviously
than
just
HSP,
covers
a
lot
of
other
things
which
includes
like
this
is
a
35
million
dollar
program
across
multiple
years.
There's
an
annual
audit
requirement
for
the
federal
government.
That
is
something
that
admin
covers
these
other.
You
know
making.
You
know
I.
Think.
Last
month
we
initiated
something
like
500
individual
payments
to
make
up
the
money
that
we
spent,
making
those
500
payments
cost
money.
I
So
that
is,
you
know
the
individuals
who
are
reconciled,
the
money
making
sure
it's
accurate
and
then
actually
initiating
the
payment
and
then,
on
the
back
end
doing
the
the
1099
for
the
landlord
at
the
end
of
the
year,
as
is
required
for
the
federal
government.
I
Things,
it's
also
keeping
the
lights
on.
It's
also
the
technology
for
our
staff
to
be
able
to
do
this
work.
Technology
is
a
key
part
of
this,
because
that
helps
us
be
accessible,
be
accessible
at
any
time
our
staff
all
have
you
know,
access
to
a
phone
they'll
have
access
to
a
laptop.
Most
of
them
have
headsets
as
well,
so
they
can
do
calls
and
Etc.
So
yeah
admin
covers
what
it
takes
to
make.
This
work
happen.
J
Yeah,
a
few
questions.
So
what
what's
the
average
time
frame
for
a
person
to
be
served
from
application
to
actual
funding.
I
So
it
is
a
very
challenging
number
to
give
because
it
varies.
It
varies
a
lot
just
to
be
to
be
fair,
I
would
say
the
average
would
be
one
one
month
to
about
a
month
and
a
half
to
two
months
somewhere
in
that
range,
but
there's
going
to
be
people
who
move
much
faster
and
there's
going
to
be
people
who
move
much
slower.
A
lot
of
that
is
based
upon
a
lot
of
factors.
Government
programs
require
documentation,
documentation
can
take
someone,
especially
a
low
income
person,
a
lot
of
time
together
and.
H
I
Get
to
us
many
individuals
don't
have
access
to
cameras
or
scanners,
so
they
have
to
have
time,
find
time
to
come
downtown
to
the
housing,
stabilization
Center
or
give
to
the
library,
or
do
something
like
that,
so
that
can
delay
it
drastically.
We
have
people
who
will
come
into
the
housing
stabilization
center
from
like
they
will
be
sent
there
by
judge
Conley
of
the
housing
court.
They'll
walk
down
there,
they'll
sit
they'll,
fill
out
an
application,
our
team
will
process
it
and
a
payment
will
be
made
within
a
week.
I
H
I
Of
our
funding
sources,
only
one
allows
for
us
to
pay
the
tenant
directly
if
the
landlord
refuses.
So
we
do
work
with
landlords
as
best
we
can.
Some
landlords
just
refuse
participation
either
as
a
business
philosophy,
others
just
because
they
don't
want
that
one
tenant
to
stay,
so
they
won't
want
to
participate
for
that
one
tenant.
We
continue
to
try
to
work
with
that
person.
Sometimes
we
can
wear
them
down.
Sometimes
we
can't
so
that
also
obviously
can
delay
the
process
quite
a
bit.
Okay,.
J
I
Yeah
I
mean
efficiency,
efficiency
and
data
driven
has
been
two
of
our
primary
focuses,
both
in
erap
and
now
in
ask
working
in
the
space.
As
many
of
you
who
know
who
work
in
this
space,
it's
an
inherently
inefficient
space
to
work
in,
but
we
can
still
do
better.
So
we've
really
worked
to
prioritize
the
things
that
we
think
can.
H
I
Done
to
a
speed
up
efficiency,
that's
why
we
also,
you
know,
try
to
figure
out
ways
like
you
know.
At
this
point
we
ask
the
landlord
to
provide
documentation
that
we
know
they'll
have
easier
than
the
tenant
we'll
do
stuff
like
that
to
try
to
really
speed
it
through.
We
have
deliberate
Partnerships
with
key
landlords
that
have
a
larger
than
most
landlord
population
of
tenants.
We
need
our
programs,
like
the
housing
authorities
like
Brandywine,
like
Arbors,
so
that
we
can
have
direct
connections
to
them.
I
To
just
ask
them
to
send
us
leases,
send
us
notice,
quits
Etc,
so
we
are
able
to
work
directly
with
those
folks
there's
a
lot
of
things
like
that,
and
we're
constantly
trying
to
work
to
make
things
even
faster.
If
we
can,
what
I
would
say,
I
mean
actually
I
just
said,
it's
the
back.
A
big
thing,
I
always
say
is
that
the
worst
thing
you
can
do
in
this
space
is
to
be
here
because
of.
D
I
We
have
to
be
humble,
so
we
also
always
welcome
feedback.
We
always
welcome
critiques,
because
we
do
believe
that,
of
course,
we
can
always
do.
D
I
In
our
process,
I
think
that
the
current
collaboration
across
all
of
these
organizations
is
the
best
housing
stabilization
model
we've
ever
adopted
in
Allegheny,
County
and
I
think
we
are
a
model
that
is
among
the
best
in
the
country,
but
of
course
we
could
do
better.
So
I
always
always
want
that
feedback
and
want
to
know
how
people
see
the
experience
of
what
we
can
do
to
make
it
better.
Okay,
two.
J
More
questions
so
I
know
you
I
know.
Hof
is
only
one
of
your
funding
sources.
I
think
you
mentioned,
there
were
four:
what
was
your
total
program
budget
and
what
percentage
of
of
that
is
from
HSP?
So.
I
The
total
program
budget
it's
a
little
confusing,
so
it's
a
35
million
dollar
contract,
but
that's
a
contract
over
three
years
that
renews
and
replenishes
portions
of
that
budget,
so
of
the
35
million
about
27
million,
is
ARP
funding.
So
that's
the
one-time,
ongoing
funding
source
over.
I
Hsp
is
525
per
year
we
had
it
guaranteed
for
the
first
partial
contract
and
for
the
contract
that
we,
just
you
know,
kind
of
replenished.
The
expectation
is
that
it
will
replenish
again
next
year.
That
is
obviously
not
guaranteed
because
that's
between
the
Ura
and
DHS,
but
the
expectation
would
be
that
would
come
back
in
So
at
the
end.
That
would
put
the
total
Ura
allocation
towards
these.
35
million
would
be
about
1.2
million
or
so.
I
J
After
three
years,
it'll
drop
to
what
just
so
27
will
be
going,
will
it
just
be,
it
will
be
8
billion
or.
I
So
we
are
working
on
what
that
looks.
Like
okay,
the
ongoing
I
see
my
my
primary
funder
in
the
back
is
crying
because
of
that
reality
we
are
working
to
identify
long-term,
sustainable
funding
sources.
We
do
have
a
year
and
a
half
to
two
years
to
do
that
and
I
think
that
you
know
if
I
look
back
where
we
were
three
years
ago
and
how
we
funded
this
stuff
versus
where
we
were
a
year
ago,
it
has
changed
drastically
from
year
to
year.
I
Just
was
it
last
week,
just
last
week,
I
testified
before
the
State
House
committee
on
housing,
and
one
of
the
things
I
did
talk
about
was
funding
for
programs
like
this,
given
the
eviction
crisis
that
we
are
looking
at,
so
we
are,
you
know
talking
to
our
state
funders
talking
to
we
work
at
action
with
folks
in
Washington
to
try
to
help
them
understand
the
importance
of
this
to
see
if
there's
Federal
funding
sources
that
can
be
created
or
identified
to
help
fit
with
this.
So
we.
K
I
Yes,
you
are
right,
then,
after
that
we
will
be
down
to
the
525
and
then
I
can't
remember
what
happened
annually
offhand
my
apologies,
but
we'll
be
down
to
those
those
remaining
funding
sources,
but
our
goal
would
be.
We
identified
other
long-term,
sustainable
funding
sources
in
that
time.
Okay.
Last.
J
Question,
can
you
go
back
to
the
slide
I
think
they
had
your
your
your
partners
or
collaborators
I
just
wanted
to
see
who
that
was,
and
can
you
just
just
briefly
the
core
collaborative
give
a
high
level
just
briefly,
just
with
some
of
your
other
partners
too,.
I
J
I
So
that
would
normally
be
so
Urban,
League
and
YWCA.
We
call
them
our
step
two
partners.
What
they
do
is
tenants
who
need
a
little
bit
of
assistance
getting
kind
of
across
the
Finish
Line
with
documentation.
We
assign
those
tenants
to
housing,
Navigator
Folks
at
the
organizations
who
are
able
to
work
with
them
to
get
the
documentation.
We
need
in
to
be
able
to
approve
the
application
and
get
it
to
funding
so.
I
Obviously
the
Urban,
League
and
YWCA
are
a
huge
non-profits
to
do
a
lot
of
amazing
work
in
this
region.
This
is
a
very
small
subset
that
they
partner
with
us
on
in
their
Housing
Programs
wave
is
a
smaller
organization
based
in
the
East
End.
That
does
a
lot
of
self-sufficiency
work,
especially
targeting
single
mothers,
and
they
are
an
organization
that
we
work
with
to
do
follow-up
and
to
work
with
tenants
who
maybe
don't
have
a
long-term
path
for
sustainability.
H
I
Their
current
housing
to
help
them
understand
how
to
better
budget,
how
to
better
identify
housing
that
may
fit
their
needs,
how
to
tap
into
Workforce,
Development
programs
and-
or
you
know,
child
care,
food
stamps
Etc
to
really
give
them
a
bit
more
of
a
close-knit
handhold
in
terms
of
counseling
and
whatnot
neighborhood
allies.
I
We
work
specifically
with
their
financial
empowerment
centers,
which
are
specifically
targeted
to
help
people
with
managing
their
finances,
with
understanding
how
to
do
a
budget
with
how
to
do
credit,
building
Etc
and
that's
another
place
that
we
refer
folks
and
then
Brent
help
and
just
mediation
I
believe
will
be
a
part
of
the
later
conversation.
I
Partners
that
we've
worked
with
just
speeding
doing
mediations
that
come
before
Innovation
filing
to
try
to
protect
the
tenant
from
that
filing
and
help
the
landlord
and
tenant
work
towards
resolution
and
then
we'll
help
PGH
does
a
kind
of
on
the
ground
case,
work
helping
folks
navigate
the
eviction
system
they're
in
the
course
they're.
Also
at
the
HSC
helping
folks
get
the
paperwork
they
need
Etc
to
stabilize.
A
L
I
just
have
one
question
and
really
just
this
is
for
any
Community
residents
lay
people
out
there
who
are
seeing
all
of
these
acronyms
and
might
not
know
what
they
stand
for,
but
you
have
them
in.
There
ask
Allegheny,
County,
Housing
stabilization
collaborative
so
I
I'm,
trying
to
even
as
a
board
as
a
board
member
I'm,
trying
to
get
my
mind
wrapped
around
how
all
of
these
programs
are
connected,
and
you
just
did
a
fantastic
job
of
breaking
down
the
different
funding
sources.
L
The
collaborative
partners
that
I
did
not
know
that
you
had
all
of
this
happening
with
this
program.
So
I
appreciate,
I,
appreciate
you
breaking
down
these
acronyms
I,
appreciate
you
making
the
connection
to
the
funding
sources
and
and
the
collaborate
the
collaborative
Partners
I
do
I
think
similar
to
Derek
I.
Thank
you
Derek
for
asking
that
question
around
how
the
collaborative
Partners
were
connected
to
this
work
and
how
they
were
supporting
the
vast
number
of
people
who
are
still
in
housing
in
Secure
spaces.
L
So
I
really
want
to
commend
you
guys
for
first
of
all,
bringing
action
to
this
meeting
to
sort
of
give
an
update
and
a
little
Clarity
around
how
HSP
is
being
facilitated.
I
do
have
a
question
about
the
repair
portion
of
the
program,
though
so
I
heard
you
say,
Kyle
that
you
guys
are
only
focusing
on
the
rental
assistance
is
it
is
someone
able
to
provide
an
update
about
the
repair
portion
of
the
program.
L
I
You
can
the
Urban
League
is
who
runs
the
mortgage
system
side,
so
you
can
speak
with
them
about
that.
Richard
Morris,
I,
believe,
is
the
lead.
There
is
half
I
believe,
which
is
a
homework
program
that
is
funded
by
the
Ura
I,
think
out
of
the
Housing
Opportunity
fund.
So
half
is
probably
what
you're
talking
about
Tammy.
That
is
a
program
that
does
so
very
much
exist
from
my
understanding,
but
I
can't
speak.
A
A
I
But
I
will
just
quickly
plug
that
holding
repairs
is
reopening
its
second
round
on
October
16th,
so
that
is
notable.
That
is
the
Big
12
million
dollar
program
here
in
Allegheny
County
for
home
repairs
that
touches
the
city
and
the
county
and
is
run
by
action.
Housing.
B
Had
a
question
for
in
the
next
slide,
when
you
were
talking
about
barriers
and
some
of
them
just
circums,
not
the
not
that
one,
maybe
your
next
one!
Now,
maybe
the
next
one,
okay,
that
you're
on
this
one.
You
were
talking
about
barriers
for
some
residents
and
you
said
some
of
them
were
you
know,
structural,
and
then
you
said
some
of
them
were
necessary.
I
So
the
necessary
barrier
for
application
is
proof
of
income.
That
would
be
an
example.
You
know
all
these
funny
program
funny
funding
sources
require
that
they
assist
individuals
who
are
legally
defined
as
low
income,
and
we
need
them
to
somehow
document
that,
whether
that
be
through
taxes,
pay
stubs
or
in
certain
cases
self-attestation,
but
there
needs
to
be
some
sort
of
documentation.
Of
that
another
example
would
obviously
be
the
the
lease
or
something
else
that
shows
that
the
person
actually
does
live
in
the
property.
I
All
right.
Those
are
the
primary
kind
of
things
that
I
think
are
the
universally
agreed
upon
necessary
barriers
that
all
of
the
programs
do
require.
E
Madam
chair,
this
is
councilman
gross
hello,
councilwoman,
hi,
I'm,
sorry,
I'm,
driving
and
zooming.
So
I
just
want
to
say
briefly
that
I'm
so
appreciative
that
the
Hof
is
providing
this
funding.
E
E
We
know
that
action
did
a
fantastic
job,
coordinating
all
of
partners
for
our
emergency
rental
assistance
from
the
federal
government,
but
we
still
need
this
funding
and
hopefully
one
day
we
won't
need
the
long-term
funding
source
because
we
will
have
so
much
housing
that
we
don't
have
people
facing
the
need
for
cash
assistance
to
keep
their
housing.
E
A
Thank
you
so
much
for
those
comments,
so
everyone
we're
about
25
to
three.
We
have
a
very
tight
agenda,
so
I'm
actually
going
to
you
know
let
Kyle
out
of
the
hot
seat
and.
A
Questions
that
folks
have
please
submit
those
to
myself
for
the
Ura
and
we'll
make
sure
that
we
touch
back
to
action
to
get
those
answered
for
you.
Thank
you
so
much
to
action
for
being
with
us.
Now
we
have
another
intense
conversation
and
intense
in
a
good
way.
We're
going
to
talk
about
the
legal
pieces
of
this
situation.
We
have
the
rental
assistance
piece
and
we
have
the
piece
of
you
know
what
happens
when
folks
are
in
Jeopardy
of
losing
their
housing,
and
we
have
two
wonderful
colleagues
joining
us
to
do
some
presentation
here.
J
You
actually
I
mean
it
really
is
perfect
to
go
right
after
that,
because
we
kind.
J
Parts
of
the
same
eviction,
prevention,
work
and
without
rental
assistance,
our
programs
and
wouldn't
be
anywhere
near
successful
in
the
the
reverse-
is
true,
as
well,
without
programs
engaging
with
people
connecting
us
all
like
and
working
with
residents
to
get
through
the
rental
application
process.
It's
you
know,
it's
really
the
perfect
energy.
So
all
right!
J
So
on
on
this
intro
slide
this
the
logos
of
the
various
Partners
in
this
program
that
are
specifically
funded
through
the
legal
assistance
program
at
the
Hof,
some
of
them
near
what
Kyle
already
mentioned.
So
that's
rent
help
and
just
mediation.
But
then
there
are
additional
ones:
Community,
Justice
projects,
Neighborhood
Legal,
Services,
the
main
lead
blade
program
in
the
region
and
then
PhD
yeah,
Pittsburgh,
Hispanic,
Development,
Corporation
I,
know
Guillermo's
on
the
line
actually
to
present
about
something
later,
which
is
great,
but
they
do
wonderful
work
in
the
latinx
community.
J
A
J
Yeah
and
it's
it's
a
for-profit
but
kind
of
a
low
Bono
social
Enterprise
model,
so
it's
it
was
created,
I
think
within
the
past
two
three
years.
Their
primary
project
is
the
legal
assistance
program.
So
they
are
one
of
the
main
Partners
in
the
lawyer
of
the
day
program
which
we'll
get
into
a
bit
and
they
do
great
work.
They,
along
with
Neighborhood
Legal,
Services,.
J
So
just
we
want
to
briefly
start
and
kind
of
give
a
disclaimer,
it's
kind
of
a
long
presentation
we're
going
to
try
to
Breeze
through
it
to
not
keep
everyone
here
too
too
long,
especially,
you
know
with
the
packed
agenda
that
we
have,
but
we
want
to
make
sure
this
I
believe
you'll
be
sent
this
afterwards.
So
you
can
look
through
it
if
there's
something
that
you
didn't
see,
obviously
feel
free
to
ask
afterwards,
but
look
through
it
at
your
own
Leisure
later
as
well.
I.
J
Start
quickly
with
why
eviction
prevention
matters
there's
a
couple
of
things:
housing,
stabilization,
Works,
most
of
the
people
that
we
work
with.
We
will
never
see
again
so
most
of
the
families
and
we've
seen
this
with
in
more
of
the
day,
in
particular
about
nine
out
of
10
families.
One
did
one
intervention
has
been
enough
and
we
haven't
seen
them
again.
Obviously
it's
you
know,
I
know,
that's
something
that
has
been
discussed
before,
where
it's
well
we're
just
paying
money,
and
it's
you
know
it's
not
enough.
It's
like
no.
J
J
There's
also
I
know:
Kyle
already
mentioned
the
discriminatory
aspect
of
the
eviction
system
and
Rental
system
in
general,
it's
disproportionately,
especially
in
the
region,
the
primary
defendant.
We
see
in
eviction
cases
they
are
black
mothers
with
children
and
they're
the
ones
being
evicted.
So
that's
another
reason.
That's
pretty
important.
Could
you.
J
One
other
thing
that
I
want
to
emphasize
is
building
affordable.
Housing
alone
is
not
enough.
A
lot
of
the
people
that
we
work
with
in
our
programs
are
in
affordable
units
so
and
they
they
fall
on
Hard
Times
too.
They
need
assistance.
They
need
that
rental
assistance.
They
need
legal
assistance
to
be
able
to
remain
in
their
already
affordable
unit.
So
I
know
you
know.
Bure
has
done
a
lot
of
great
work,
creating
more
affordable
units.
J
J
N
Again,
like
we've,
said,
dense
slides,
you
will
see
them
later.
We
were
going
to
move
through
to
be
able
to
just
highlight
the
main
points
here.
So,
like
Swain
has
said,
the
history
of
lap,
tea
is
one
that
is
addressing
a
chronic
problem
in
some
new
ways.
Vision's
been
a
social
problem
for
a
long
time
that
then
coincided
with
the
coveted
pandemic
in
pretty
brutal
ways
in
Allegheny
County.
Before
the
pandemic,
we
were
averaging
about
13
500
eviction
filings
per
year.
N
We
saw
that
that
disproportionately
impacts
specific
populations
that
are
already
at
Great
risk
of
falling
into
the
the
variety
of
Social
Services
that
are
required
to
be
able
to
keep
people
in
safe
in
affordable
situations.
Based
on
this
crisis,
the
Ura
created
the
legal
assistance
program
for
tenants
which
we
were
talking
about,
provides
Legal
Services.
It
provides
resource
navigation
and
provides
mediation
services
to
be
able
to
help
people
avoid
the
the
costliness
of
eviction
in
all
sorts
of
Social
and
economic
ways,
and
in
that
creation
we
are
working
with
a
no
wrong
door
pathway.
N
So
the
thing
that
we
wanted
to
create
together
was
a
system
where
a
tenant
could
come
to
just
mediation,
Pittsburgh
looking
for
legal
advice,
which
is
not
something
we
give
and
that
we
wouldn't
just
say:
okay,
you
can
call
this
number
and
you'll
be
good.
We
would
actually
have
a
warm
handoff,
too
Neighborhood,
Legal,
Services
or
sometimes
ebony
law
to
be
able
to
have
them
work
with
the
service,
even
though
they
came
to
us,
which
happens
to
not
be
the
right
place.
So
there's
no
wrongdoor
entry
was
a
very
important
part
of
the
program.
N
Self-Explanatory
legal
assistance
providing
no
cost
legal
advice
for
tenants
at
risk
of
eviction
that
is
through
the
lawyer
of
the
day
programming
and
some
programming
outside
of
this
very
specific
program
that
was
built
through
the
Hof's
fund.
Mediation
with
my
organization,
convenes,
the
mediation
trains
and
provides
mediators,
but
also
really
critically
connects
tenants
who
who
need
it
to
Legal
Assistance
prior
to
remediation.
N
N
Kyle's
presentation
about
HSP
very
fortuitously.
H
N
These
programs
could
exist
on
their
own
and
they
would
not
be
near
as
effective
without
how
well-funded
and
well
supported
rental
assistance
has
been
in
the
pandemic
and
through
the
ura's
Hof
efforts.
Specifically,
that
has
been
a
huge
way
to
make
mediation
make
more
sense
to
avoid
Court,
to
make
glory
of
the
day,
make
a
lot
of
sense
and
to
make
some
of
these
Outreach
efforts
more
coherent.
N
N
Is
simply
that
the
dotted
Circle
for
the
legal
assistance
program
notes
what
you
all
are
funding
and
that
this
program
and
other
programs
extend
Way
Beyond
that
funding
as
well?
That's
the
main
takeaway
here
you
can
see
the
housing
stabilization
Center
as
a
One-Stop
shop
for
tenants
and
some
landlords
to
be
able
to
go
in
and
try
and
get
connection
to
rental
assistance.
N
Non-Lawyer
of
the
day,
legal
assistance
in
the
top
right
also
an
Outreach
and
coordination
efforts
exist
outside
of
what
you
all
fund,
but
are
critically
supported
by
what
you
fund
as
well.
So
you
are
a
big
part
and
not
the
whole
of
what
is
happening
here.
Lawyer
of
the
day
is
the
singular
program
that
operates
within
what
Hof
funds.
That
has
been
a
good
point.
J
N
We're
going
to
describe
these
two
services
in
a
little
bit
more
detail,
really
quick
for
you
again.
For
your
own
time,
we've
highlighted
the
process
of
mediation
at
the
bottom
of
this
slide,
we've
highlighted
some
of
the
benefits
for
landlords
on
the
right
that
we've
advertised
before
and
for
both
parties,
landlord
and
tenant
on
the
left
here
in
the
process.
Jrp
in
the
mediation
process
is
not
the
sole
mediation
provider.
H
N
Are
just
the
organizer
of
the
process?
Justin
Pittsburgh
receives
interest
in
mediation
from
the
landlord
or
the
tenant
doesn't
intake
schedules.
The
mediation
provides
the
mediators
themselves,
but
then
connects
to
Neighborhood
Legal
Services
for
pre-mediation
advice
before
the
mediation
connects
with
rent
help
to
help
both
landlord
and
tenant
navigate
the
rental
assistance
systems
to
be
that
are
usually
at
play
in
the
mediation
and
then
actually
has
the
mediation
happen.
Nls
can
provide
mediation.
Agreement
review
if
needed.
Android
help
can
continue
to
Shepherd
people
through
the
rental
assistance
process.
Through
the
ask
collaborative.
J
That
Kyle
was
mentioning
earlier
and
I
will
also
you
know,
there's
General
legal
assistance
that
for
people
facing
eviction
which
I
think
is
fairly
intuitive
generally
the
old
system
was,
you
know,
someone
would
call
Neighborhood
Legal
Services
get
a
call
back,
do
an
intake
go
through
that
whole
process
because
of
the
funding
from
the
Hof
and
then
in
particular,
the
shifting
and
understanding
and
working
with
the
providers
to
create
a
new
system.
J
We
were
able
to
launch
a
lawyer
of
the
day
program,
which
is
where
we
have
a
team
of
attorneys
and
resource
Navigators
in
specific
courts
every
most
days
where
there
are
evictions,
so
typically
in
magisterial,
District
Courts,
which
is
the
lowest
rung
of
the
court
system.
Where
cases
are.
H
H
J
We're
we're
in
those
courts
with
those
teams
working.
We
do
Outreach
ahead
of
time,
so
rent
help
with
thanks
to
DHS
and
the
access
that
they've
provided
for
outreach.
We're
able
to
do
Outreach
to
people
who
face
are
facing
evictions
we're
able
to
connect
with
them
ahead
of
time,
connect
them
to
Legal
assistants
both
have
any
law
and
Neighborhood
Legal
Services
and
then
work
with
them
in
these
Four
Courts,
as
as
capacity
and
and
funding
has
provided
to
prevent
the
eviction
so
working
with
the
landlord
as
well
working
getting
rental
assistance.
J
Applications
separated
through
is
one
of
the
primary
purposes
of
the
overall
program,
but
as
well
as
you
know,
educating
the
tenant
of
their
rights
and
enforcing
those.
So
these
are
the
Four
Courts
we're
in
so
it's
all
of
the
north
side
downtown
in
the
hill
and
then
the
East,
Homewood
and
Lincoln
lemington
are
the
the
Fort
Worth
somewhere
in
right
now,
which
disproportionately.
J
Of
all
evictions,
so
in
the
city
we've
talked
already
a
lot
about
resource
navigation.
We
just
want
to
highlight
it
because
it
is
often
overlooked
in
this
overall
process
without
resource
navigation,
much
like
without
rental
assistance.
We
wouldn't
be
nearly
as
successful
so
resource
navigation
is
the
key
to
unlocking
rental
assistance
and
the
key
to
making
both
mediation
and
legal
representation
particularly
effective
and
beneficial
to
both
the
landlord
and
the
Tenant.
So
our
two
resource
navigation,
Partners
again
Guillermo,
is
online.
They
do
wonderful.
J
Specific
population
focused
work
that
they're
pretty
much
the
only
game
in
town
for
and
they
work
with
their
Partners
as
well
on
that
and
then
there's
Rental
Pittsburgh,
who
is
the
premiere
resource,
navigation
and
Innovation
prevention
organization
in
the
region?.
N
So
lab
successes
for
each
of
these
programs
again
we'll
go
through
very
briefly
a
chart
whose
main
purpose
is
to
show
you
that
mediation
with
agreement
in
the
bottom
left
239
cases
that
are
lab
funded.
Very
specifically,
since
the
programs
in
session,
only
13
of
those
mediations
did
not
have
an
agreement
which
leads
to
about
a
95
success
rate
when
parties
when
landlord
and
tenant
do
both
agree
to
mediate
together,
we
have
seen
just
an
explosion
of
demand
for
mediation,
since
this
program
was
funded.
N
One
thousand
five
hundred
percent
increase
in
mediations
from
January
of
2022
to
January.
Well,
excuse
me
the
present
the
present
day,
so
just
an
absolute
explosion,
which
again
would
not
have
happened
without
a
well-funded
rental
assistance
program
and
without
really
clear
resource
navigation
support
and
the
legal
assistance
that
comes
that
allows
tenants
to
actually
talk
to
the
things
that
they
can
speak
to
in
the
mediation
with
their
landlord,
so
that
both
parties
are
coming
with
a
higher
degree
of
Education
about
what
comes
next
within
the
mediation
program
too.
One
thing
we've
done.
N
N
Authority
City
of
Pittsburgh
is
one
example
of
a
landlord-
that's
really
committed
to
mediation
instead
of
Court,
whenever
they
can
do
that.
So,
since
November
of
2022
we've
had
209
evictions
prevented
through
hacp,
specifically
we're
now
scheduling
about
40
mediations
with
hacp
per
month.
So
that's
multiple
a
day
with
that
program,
and
we
and
with
the
critical
support
of
red,
helps
resource
navigation.
Almost
a
million
dollars
of
rental
assistance
rental
over
years
have
been
addressed
in
mediation
again
exclusively
through
the
Allegheny
housing.
Stabilization
collaborative.
J
And
I
mentioned
Laura
of
the
day.
We've
discussed
it
before,
but
that's
another,
the
newer
program
that
we've
been
able
to
create
through
assistance
from
the
Housing
Opportunity
fund
and
the
results
frankly
have
surprised
all
of
us.
It's
been
extremely
successful.
The
previous
rates
of
evictions
or
I
guess
judgments
against
the
tenant
in
magisterial
District
Court
hovered
around
85
of
the
time.
Now
it's
actually
below
50,
so
tenants
are
having
those
cases
resolved
at
that
level.
Over
half
of
the
time.
J
That's
we
we
haven't
been
able
to
find
a
similar
competitor
in
any
other
city
around
the
country
that
I
that
we've
that
we're
aware
of.
But
it's
it's
really
effective.
It's
just.
D
J
J
How
great
it's
been
overall,
we
also
and
there's
one
particular
thing
that
I
do
want
to
point
out
in
this
slide
as
well.
The
sustainability
aspect
to
it.
So
one
thing
that
you
know
I
mentioned
earlier,
but
one
thing
that
I
think.
J
Their
rent
this
month,
but
then
they'll
be
back
next
month.
We
that
does
happen,
but
it's
actually
quite
rare.
So
we
we've
seen
in
in
our
war
of
the
deck
boards,
approximately
six
over
600
people
so
far,
and
let
about
10
only
less
than
around
10
percent
are
people
who
we
see
ever
again
like
we.
We
haven't
encountered
them
as
well,
and
even
at
on
that,
in
that
second
round
of
filings,
we
actually
have
a
pretty
high
success
rate
there
as
well
I'm,
comparable
to
the
previous
one.
J
To
the
first
time
we
see
them
and
actually
for
the
tiny
percentage
of
people
who
come
back
a
third
time.
It's.
J
H
J
We
found
so
far
so
lotv
glory
of
the
day,
LTD
extremely
successful,
a
critical
component
for
this
overall
landscape.
Obviously,
mediation
deals
with
things
ahead
of
time.
That's
the
dream
right!
We
want
to
do
that,
but
we
also
need
these
stop
gaps
later
on,
to
be
able
to
catch.
People
who
haven't
yet
been
able,
you
know
been
been
addressed,
had
their
issue
addressed
by
the
previous
systems.
J
J
You
can
see
that
you
know
very
slow
rates
of
withdrawals,
settlements,
dismissals
and
almost
all
judgments
or
plaintiffs
is
the
landlord
in
this
case-
and
this
is
what
it
looks
like
now.
So
the
axis
does
change
some,
so
it's
kind
of
actually
it's
actually
more
dramatic
than
than
it
may
seem
otherwise,
but
we're
seeing
again
an
over
50
success
rate,
and
this
is
where.
J
Between
these
two
slides
all
day,
but
you'll
have
a
you'll
have
the
PowerPoint
and
yeah.
We
do
also
want
to
briefly
mention
that
legal
assistance
outside
of
the
lawyer
of
the
day
program
that
was
the
original
you
know,
Envision
vision
of
the
Hof
people
are
still
being
supported
outside
of
those
Four
Courts
and
they're
being
supported
both
at
that
initial
level
and
at
the
appeal
level,
it
is
less
comprehensive
than
the
way
of
the
day,
just
because
of
limitations
on
capacity
and
funding.
But.
J
J
Yeah,
this
is
just
again
kind
of
not
to
put
too
fine
of
a
point
on
it,
but
rental
assistance
really
is
the
key
to
making
all
of
this
work.
J
What
one
thing
that
I
do
want
to
focus
on
in
this
chart
actually
is
that
different
types
of
funding
that
go
into
the
work
that's
been
done
so
far
by
the
Lab
Partners,
because
that
large
chart
the
large
bar
is
in
HSP.
It's
it's
AARP
money.
So
that's
that's
the
federal
funding
that
Kyle
was
talking
about
earlier,
so
most
of
the
rental
assistance
that
is
accessed
through
these
City
programs
isn't
actually
City
pay
that
you
know
the
city's
not
paying
for
that.
J
N
Again,
looking
at
Pittsburgh
Hispanic,
Development
Corporation
with
Guillermo
on
the
call
I
really
want
to
highlight
here
just
how
important
it
is
to
have
a
partner
that
works
with
some
of
the
most
the
people
with
the
highest
barriers
to
accessing
some
of
these
great
services.
So
to
have
folks
who
have
who
are
contracted
to
be
able
to
put
in
the
extra
layer
of
time
that
comes
with
cultural
and
language
barriers
is
just
so
critical,
so
phdc
referring
assisting
26
clients
just
this
year.
N
So
far,
57
families
in
75
cases
overall
since
laps
started,
has
been
very
important.
You
see
the
testimonials
on
the
right
hand,
side
people
who
work
with
phdc
have
a
really
incredible
experience,
because
they're
getting
such
a
specific
level
of
care
when
they
run
into
barriers,
and
so
many
other
programs
outside
of
this
PhD,
a
really
critical
part
of
the
Outreach
component,
letting
people
know
about
what's
going
on
with
their
eviction
or
being
able
to
help
walk
them
through
rental
assistance
applications
or
get
them
connected
to
the
correct
place.
At
the
correct
time.
N
H
N
N
To
get
legal
aid
they
can
come
to
JMP
first
and
jfu
will
make
the
referral
to
NLS.
They
can
go
to
NLS
for
mediation.
They
can
go
to
phdc
to
be
able
to
get
to
mediation.
These
this
kind
of
collaboration
is
again
something
that
is
difficult
in
the
nonprofit
world
and
maybe
especially
so
in
Allegheny
County
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
Sometimes
so.
N
This
has
just
been
an
incredible
part
of
what
you
all
have
funded
and
I'll
highlight
too
just
the
number
of
2
358
families
served
in
the
lab
program,
since
it
started
in
the
middle
of
2021..
So
in
just
about
two
years.
A
Guys
I
hate
to
do
this,
we're
getting
close
I,
don't
know
how
many
more
slides
you
have
and
I
have
I
feel
the
questions
behind
it.
So.
N
N
You
can
see
the
funding
sources
that
we
have,
which
are
increasingly
moving
towards
Public
Funding,
instead
of
private
funding,
because
what
I'd
like
to
point
out
is
that
startup
costs
were
largely
funded
by
foundations
around
the
area,
and
that
was
really
critical
and
they
have
made
it
clear
as
they
do
to
all
social
service
programs
that
they
can
help
fund
things
and
help
do
pilots.
They
do
not
do
long-term,
ongoing
programmatic,
Operational
Support.
N
N
Since
then,
again,
if
the
nhof
is
so
flexible
and
working
to
actually
help
us
create
the
lawyer
of
the
day
programming
and
to
have
that
kind
of
nimble,
footwork
in
a
program
like
this
is
just
so
rare
So,
shout
outs
to
Derek
and
Brianna
for
being
able
to
be
there
for
that.
And
what
we
are
saying
is
that,
as
we've
expanded
in
these
types
of
ways,
we
serve
a
portion
of
City
residents
and
the
demand
far
outstrips
the
supply
that
we've
been
able
to
surprise
provide
people
after
programming
predictions.
J
Otherwise,
Financial
effects
of
covet
are
still
here.
The
need
is
greater
than
ever.
This
is
our
last
slide,
so
we
already
mentioned
this
before
the
city
spending
and
the
hus
spending
leverages
County
dollars
federal
dollars,
others.
J
So
you
know
every
dollar
that
Hof
puts
in,
but
legal
assistance
program
opens
up
access
for
residents
to
other
resources
to
keep
the
legal
systems
program,
including
lawyer
of
the
day
and
the
Four
Courts
that
it's
in
at
the
same
level,
it
requires
about
a
million
dollars
per
year
to
expand
lore
of
the
day
to
the
full
City
again
I
think
maybe
Kyle
mentioned
it,
but
I
I,
some
courts
aren't
wouldn't
actually
need
it
based
on
you
know
the
zip
code
and
that
they
don't
see
that
many
evictions,
for
example,
the
court
in
Lawrenceville,
doesn't
see
that
many
evictions
anymore,
so
a
full
War
of
the
day
program
wouldn't
make
that
much
sense
there,
but
to
expand
the
capacity
to
the
other
remaining
courts
within
the
city
that
need
it.
J
J
Million
again
it
works,
it
keeps
people
in
their
homes
and-
and
you
know,
we
think
it's
something.
That's
quite
support.
Thank.
G
A
Yeah,
can
you
assist
with
tenants
prior.
J
Yes,
yeah,
so
that's
somewhat
capacity-based
and
access
based.
So
yes,
we
can
and
do
habitability
is
also
explicitly
habitability
issues
also
explicitly
within
the
guidelines.
One
of
the
issues
is
again
capacity
so
but
yeah
yeah,
that's
something
that
can
be
done.
Let
us
know
that
mediation.
J
Filing
yeah
follow-up
to
that
question
does
mediation
stop
the
record.
Stop
the
information
from
going
on
attendance
record.
If
it
is
pre-filing,
yes,
it
is
post
filing.
No,
so
even
if
the
landlord
doesn't
move
forward
with
you
know,
eventful
eviction
is
still
on
their
records.
So
so,
if
you
provide
them,
you
know
if,
as
a
landlord,
you
put
the
notice
to
quit
on
someone's
door.
J
N
An
unnecessary
expense
if
you
go
to
court
and
then
mediate,
that
is
still
a
better
outcome
than
affecting
somebody
and
actually
getting
the
order
of
possession
is
an
unnecessary
expense.
J
Radiation
and
the
timelines
frankly
are
actually
pretty
similar
mediation
because
of
working
with
the
courts
and
rental
assistance
programs.
Etc
mediation
can
resolve
issues
in
a
similar.
J
Shout
out
to
the
housing,
stabilization
Center
again
and
rental
assistance
programs
and
Rental
Pittsburgh
and
others.
Yes,
so
there
are
definitely
there
have
been
evictions
prevented
when
the
lockout
was
scheduled
for
that
day.
So
that
does
happen
again.
We
hope
not
to
get
to
that
point.
It's
better
to
do
all
of
that
way
earlier
and
and
I
believe
actually
Kyle
was
here
a
couple
of
months
ago
to
talk
about
a
specific
rental
assistance
kind
of
program
to
address
that
exact
issue.
So
and
it's
it's
been
working.
A
F
Yeah,
this
is
Mark.
Masterson
just
had
a
question
about
how
many
tenants
are
in
having
eviction
issues
where
the
landlord
is
either
the
public
housing
authority
or
it's
been
publicly
funded,
affordable,
housing
and
like
what
would
you
just
what's
the
estimate
on
the
percentage.
N
N
One
our
Outreach
efforts,
especially
for
the
mediation
program,
have
allowed
for
the
Housing
Authority
City
of
Pittsburgh
and
Allegheny
County
Housing
Authority,
to
commit
to
mediating
instead
of
evicting
people
for
almost
all
of
their
cases.
I
know
they
are
now
evicting
a
very
small
portion
of
their
residents
who
are
behind
on
events
et
cetera,
et
cetera,
but
they
they
have
really
fully
committed
to
mediation.
To
the
point
where
hacp
is
mediating,
40
cases
a
month.
J
J
this
year
over
that
same
time
period,
it's
closer
to
a
thousand.
A
lot
of
that
is
because
of
mediation.
A
lot
of
that
is
specifically
because
the
Housing
Authority
is
participating
in
mediation.
J
So,
yes,
there
there's
a
huge
chunk.
I
mean
there's
also
a
lot
of
affordable
and
I
guess
public.
You
know
to
your
second
question:
mark
publicly
funded
or
subsidized
housing
yeah.
We
see
that
very,
very
frequently.
I
I
it'd
be
hard
to
put
a
specific
number
on
it.
I
know
prior
to
covet,
it
was
30
percent.
Was
then
the
general
number,
but
we
probably
see
around
that
still
apparently.
F
Didn't
want
to
if
no
one
else
had
I
just
wanted
to
do
a
follow-up.
Does
the
Housing,
Authority
or
or
other-
and
this
is
a
question
I'm
concerned
about
as
a
board
member
of
Hof.
There
should
be
a
grievance
process
or
something
with
publicly
funded
housing,
and
that
would
it
would
stop
people
from
running
to
the
court
to
file
an
eviction,
and
is
that
not
the
case
with
the
Housing
Authority
in
and
I?
Guess
it,
and
we
can
answer
this
later
in
another
meeting
for
the
Hof
funded,
affordable
housing.
F
But
we
have
a
grievance
provision
in
our
documents,
as
we
provide
funding
for
rental
gap
program.
J
G
H
G
J
To
get
too
deep
into
the
weeds,
but
agreements
proceeding
would
not
mean
that
they
couldn't
lay
their
file
an
eviction.
That's
that's
the
first
step
in
moving
towards
that
process
and
not
all
publicly
funded
developments
are
required
to
that
I
believe
Live
tech
funding
doesn't
have
any
sort
of
restriction.
Public.
A
Well.
Thank
you
so
much,
gentlemen.
The
whole
point
of
us
doing
this
back
in
person
is
really
so
that
we
can
have
deeper
Dives,
more
intelligent
conversations,
because
we
are
making
allocations.
We
want
voices
to
be
heard.
This
is
not
the
only
opportunity,
but
this
is
really
important
and
we
hope
that
we're
going
to
be
able
to
do
this
more.
A
J
J
G
Okay,
so
again,
I'm
going
to
apologize
to
everybody
online
for
skipping
around
in
the
PowerPoint
here,
since
we're
going
very
out
of
order.
But
next
we're
gonna
have
the
resettlement
agency.
Some
of
the
resettlement
agencies
here
in
Pittsburgh.
H
Q
Hi
everyone.
Thank
you
so
much
for
inviting
us
today.
Today
we
are
a
group
of
individuals
representing
Refugee
resettlement
agencies
and
also
immigrant-based
organizations
to
talk
about
the
challenges
and
also
the
contributions
that
immigrants
bring
to
the
city.
So
we
have
Dr
yinka
Williams.
She
is
executive
director
of
ajapo
Guillermo
Velazquez.
As
you
already
heard,
he
is
the
executive
director
of
phdc.
We
have
Andy
Park.
Q
She
is
the
director
of
refugee
resettlement
at
hello,
neighbor,
Amin,
Yvonne
I'm,
the
director
of
refugee
and
immigrant
services
at
DFCS
and
Kaylee
Donovan
she's,
the
site
supervisor
for
Refugee
resettlement
at
Bethany,
Christian,
Services,
so
I'm,
going
to
let
Inca
start
us
off
with
the
presentation.
R
R
R
Having
said
that,
in
order
for
refugees
to
be
admitted
to
the
United
States-
and
this
is
just
to
kind
of-
let
you
know
a
little
little
bit
about
the
process-
there
has
to
be
a
presidential
determination
and,
as
such,
it
is
Congress
that
actually
determines
the
number
of
admission
that
we
have
every
year
because
they
are
the
ones
who
approve
and
let
the
the
president
know
that
yeah
we
will
have
this
many
people
kind
of
coming
in
any
year
now
coming
to
this
region
and
by
that
I'm
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
Allegheny
County.
R
In
the
past
two
years
alone,
resettlement
of
refugees
brought
us
over
8.2
million
in
the
region.
In
other
words,
that
is
the
amount
of
money
it
added
to
our
economy
within
this
region,
and
I
mean
City
of
Pittsburgh
Allegheny
County.
These
are
all
funds
that
the
feds
and
States
kind
of
give
to
us
or
give
to
us
specifically
these
four
agencies
to
expand
within
this
region.
R
Having
said
that,
about
5
million
out
of
that
actually
went
to
landlords
around
here,
that's
part
of
what
they
kind
of
earned.
So
it's
not
a
safe
economically.
It
is
not
viable,
but
it
goes
beyond
that
because
practically
all
of
our
refugees
they
work
and
as
they
walk,
they
contribute
to
the
economy
of
our
region.
They
pay
their
taxes.
They
do
almost
everything
else
that
we
do
expend
their
money
within
the
county.
What
services
do
we
provide?
R
We
provide
services
to
support
the
refugees
so
that
they
can
grow
within
pick
them
up
at
the
airport
there,
our
first
Contact,
or
rather,
we
are
their
first
Contact
as
they
come
into
the
country,
search
for
housing
for
them
place
them
in
housing,
refer
them
for
Health,
Services,
School
enrollment
for
their
kids.
We
enroll
the
adults
in
ESL
classes.
R
We
place
them
in
job,
write
up
their
resume,
help
them
see
what
is
marketable
if
they
bring
some
and
if
they
do
not,
we
see
how
we
can
still
direct
them
to
get
jobs,
even
if
it's
at
entry
level,
and
then
we
continue
their
case
management
for
five
years.
So
you
can
see
they're
here
with
us
on
a
longer
term
in
particular,
because
the
government
welcome
them.
The
government
will
allow
them
to
walk.
The
government
will
allow
them
to
become
citizens
by
the
time
they
are
five
years
here.
S
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
lot
for
zombie
gamer
with
the
tits
for
Hispanic
Development
Corporation
we're
a
community
in
Economic
Development
organization.
S
We
do
have
a
business
incubator,
an
employment
program
and
also
a
housing
program
and
within
the
housing
program
we
are
the
the
only
Latino
organization
that
does
housing
and
I'd
like
to
explain
to
you
the
process,
but
before
I
I
do
that
I
would
like
to
acknowledge
to
you
that
the
Latino
population
has
been
increasing
dramatically
in
the
region
within
the
last
10
years.
The
population
increase
80
percent.
So
that's
about
36,
000
new
Latinos
are
in
the
region.
S
So
that
means
that
there's
more
inquiries
for
people
looking
for
for
jobs
for
houses,
we
do
help
them
with
rentals
and
also
with
home
ownership.
So
all
the
inquiries
that
we
received
usually
come
from
our
partners.
Those
are
other
Latino
organizations
that
also
have
other
services
within
the
Latino
community,
and
then
we
just
you
know,
start
that
process,
basically
in
getting
in
contact
with
the
people,
understanding
their
inquiries.
What
kind
of
location
is
prepared
for
them?
Do
they
have
children
what's
going
to
work
for
them
best?
S
Sometimes
we
have
to
make
decisions
as
to
you
know:
can
they
stay
there
for
one
year
and
then
we
move
into
another
location
to
another
neighborhood,
there's
all
these
different
kind
of
variables
that
we
have
to
also
consider
or
when
we
are
assisting
people.
Of
course,
we
do
all
of
this
in
Spanish,
Portuguese
and
English
when
needed.
S
But
90
of
what
we
do
is
in
Spanish
about
five
to
eight
percent
in
Portuguese
we
do
have
bilingual
Navigators,
let's
take
Spanish,
and
also
we
have
those
that
speak
Portuguese,
so
we're
providing
the
services
in
in
in
those
two
communities
because
many
times
there's
a
confusion
that
in
the
Latino
community-
and
it's
always
only
only
Spanish.
So
when
we
do
all
of
that,
we
also
have
monthly
meetings
with
our
partners
and
we're
Partners,
leading
this
particular
case
Casa
San
Jose
and
the
Latino
Community
Center.
S
S
Normally,
once
we
help
somebody
and
a
family,
we
also
see
which
other
things
we
can
help
in,
such
as
rent
assistance
or
eviction.
As
you
heard,
you
know
we're
also
part
of
the
addiction
program,
so
it's
not
just
getting
them
in
a
house
whether
it's
a
rental
and
then
moving
forward.
We
also
do
educational
programs
so
that
they
can
learn
about
how
they
can
eventually
buy
a
house.
So
we
do
homeownership
courses
and
workshops
because
many
of
them
many
of
them
they
know
they
do
not
understand
the
cultural
savings.
S
So
we
have
to
get
the
medicated
in
that,
so
that
we
can
think
that
they
can
own
a
house.
The
main
goal
is
that
if
we
Empower
them
and
we
make
them
home
ownership,
they
will
stay
in
Pittsburgh.
They
will
establish
routes
here
and
that
will
create
wealth
for
the
region
and
I
will
pass
now.
My
the
presentation
to
any
block.
D
Yes,
good
afternoon,
everyone,
my
name,
is
Andy
Pugh
I
am
the
director
of
refugee
resettlement
for
hello,
neighbor
on
Hamilton
Avenue
in
Larimer,
and
it's
it's
great
to
be
part
of
this
team.
Making
this
presentation
to
all
of
you
and
I'm
just
going
to
show
you
two
brief
slides
to
paint
the
picture.
D
D
40S
most
of
those
refugees
are
from
Afghanistan.
The
Democratic
Republic
of
Congo
Syria,
Tanzania,
Guatemala,
Ukraine,
Myanmar
and
Colombia,
and
about
half
of
the
newly
arrived
refugees
are
children
under
18..
If
the
next
slide,
please
and
I
don't
have
numbers
for
Pittsburgh,
although
the
the
the
resettlement
agencies
are
mostly
settling
refugees
in
Pittsburgh
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
but
you
can
see
that
the
actual
number
of
refugees
resettled
in
Allegheny
County
varies
a
lot
from
year
to
year.
D
And
so
much
of
this
depends
on
the
presidential
determination
that
yinka
mentioned
at
the
beginning
of
this
presentation
that
every
president
signs
every
year,
a
determination
of
how
many
refugees
will
be
allowed
in
in
the
U.S
and
and
then
that
trickles
down
to
Pennsylvania
and
also
to
Allegheny
County
and
the
number
for
2022
was
much
larger
than
the
previous
eight
years.
And
a
lot
of
that
has
to
do
with
Afghans.
Who
came
after
the
evacuation
of
Kabul.
And
the
number
for
2023
again
is
an
estimate.
D
But
I
just
want
to
give
you
a
picture,
and
thanks
again
for
listening
and
now
I'm
going
to
pass
the
the
Baton
to
Ivan
Tapia
Smith
of
Jewish,
Family
and
Children's
Services.
To
continue
the
presentation,
Yvonne.
Q
Over
to
you,
thanks
Cindy,
so
you
haven't
heard
us
use
different
terms:
refugees,
immigrants.
This
is
a
very
complex
picture,
regardless
of
our
immigration
status.
We
are
a
economic,
social
and
cultural
driving
force
in
the
region.
We
are
very
proud
that
Pittsburgh
has
been
recognized
as
a
welcoming
city,
where
the
12th
city
in
the
United
States
to
achieve
that
status.
Local
government
businesses
and
community
members
recognize
the
contributions
that
immigrants
bring
to
the
city.
Overall,
many
reports
and
studies
show
that
immigrants
are
contributing
to
the
economy.
You
can
see
some
numbers
there.
Q
These
numbers
are
not
updated
on
Monday.
There
is
going
to
be
a
new
report
with
more
updated
information,
but
the
story
done
by
the
new
American
economy
in
2019
shows
that
immigrants
in
Pittsburgh
accounted
for
about
1.2
billion
of
tax
revenue.
While
we
are
participating
in
the
workforce,
we
provide
valuable
support
through
the
native
born
population
and
we
help
the
city
to
stay
vibrant
and
to
help
all
of
us
to
live
a
better
life.
Q
However,
despite
of
all
of
these
contributions,
we
faced
many
many
challenges
in
accessing
basic
needs
from
accessing
our
Medical
Care
food
stamps.
I'm.
Not
sure
if
you
are
aware
that,
regardless
of
our
status,
someone
with
a
work
visa,
someone
with
us
on
a
green
card
holder
has
to
wait
five
years
in
order
to
access
benefits,
and
this
is
very
challenging
in
housing.
Q
So
we're
going
to
focus
our
challenges
on
housing,
of
course,
because
of
the
topic
of
these
conversations,
I'm
going
to
allow
Kaylee
to
dive
in
more
in
the
challenges
that
immigrants
face
regarding
house.
P
Thank
you,
Yvonne
yeah,
so
all
of
our
agency
is
one
of
the
main
things
that
we're
doing
is
helping
new
arrivals
to
Pittsburgh,
with
finding
housing,
whether
they
are
refugees
or
other
kinds
of
immigrants,
and
our
goal
is
to
find
housing
that
is,
of
course
safe
for
them
and
also
affordable
for
them
in
the
long
term,
when
they're
paying
it
themselves
so
that
they
can
stay
here
and
continue
to
contribute,
but
one
of
we're
having
a
lot
of
difficulties
in
finding
and
accessing
affordable
housing.
P
So
it's
very
hard
to
find
like
a
central
list
of
all
affordable
housing
in
the
area
or
a
streamlined
process
to
apply.
There
are
many
different
processes,
depending
on
the
management
company
or
the
landlord
for
different,
affordable
housing
options.
Additionally,
a
lot
of
the
requirements
for
housing
applications
and
income
requirements
are
especially
difficult
for
the
families
that
we're
working
with.
P
So
many
of
them
have
documentation
that
landlords
may
not
be
familiar
with,
as
well
as
when
they're
first
arriving.
They
don't
have
income
or
work
history,
not
because
they
haven't
been
working
or
they're
not
going
to
work,
but
because
they
just
simply
haven't
been
here.
Additionally,
many
refugees
and
immigrants
when
they're,
first
arriving
and
looking
for
housing,
don't
have
a
Social
Security
number
and
although
some
of
them
like
refugees,
will
later
acquire
one,
this
is
really
challenging
when
doing
standardized
applications,
because
there
isn't
any
room
for
adjustment
or
substitution
of
documentation.
P
Additionally,
as
I
mentioned,
they're,
frequently
not
initially
employed
because
they're
new
arrivals
and
so
they're
not
considered
financially
stable,
even
though
they
likely
will
be
within
a
couple
of
months
and
they're
not
considered
competitive
with
other
prospective
tenants,
even
though
they
come
with
a
lot
of
support
that
other
tenants
might
not.
And
additionally,
the
lack
of
language,
accessibility
or
trained
staff
at
different
housing
departments
or
housing
authorities
could
make
it
really
hard
for
Refugee
and
immigrants
who
are
trying
to
access
the
housing
authorities
or
subsidized
housing.
P
We
know
that
there
are
a
lot
of
good
programs
already
in
place
for
assisting
with
rental
assistance,
but
there
are
also
some
challenges
that
we
face
when
trying
to
help
clients
access
them.
So
the
first
thing
information
on
this
assistance
is
often
a
little
bit
difficult
to
access.
For
example,
when
we
were
looking
for
information
on
housing,
the
housing
stabilization
fund,
we
weren't
able
to
find
it
on
the
website.
P
There's
frequently
interpretation
or
translation
issues
when
trying
to
access
it.
So
a
lot
of
the
programs
now
do
provide
interpretation
when
they
meet
with
them,
but
may
not
have
access
to
interpretation
when
texting
or
calling
to
set
up
those
initial
appointments
or
when
following
up
or
providing
documentation,
and
that
can
make
it
really
difficult
for
families
to
continue
on
on
the
process.
It's
also
usually
a
long,
complicated
process
which
is
very
difficult
if
they
don't
have
someone
assisting
them
directly.
P
And
what
we're
here
to
talk
to
you
about
today
is
that
all
the
housing
programs
that
we
have
right
now
in
the
city
are
designed
to
address
issues
for
people
already
in
housing
to
prevent
them
from
losing
that
housing
prevent
eviction,
but
they're
not
really
designed
designed
to
help
enable
these
families
to
get
into
housing
for
the
first
time,
and
so
we're
looking
for
opportunities
or
support
to
incentivize
landlords
to
rent
to
refugees
and
to
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
that
I'm.
Going
to
pass
it
back
to
my
colleague,
Yvonne.
Q
So
we
are
here
thanks,
Katie,
we're
here
to
make
a
proposal
to
you.
This
proposal
is
not
the
most
Innovative,
it
will
be
Innovative
for
us,
but
other
states
have
implemented
versions
of
this.
We
would
like
you
to
consider
creating
a
rental
assistance
fund
for
new
Americans.
This
font
will
have
two
purposes
on
one
hand.
It
will
help
immigrants
facing
unexpected
challenges
in
their
life
cover
rent
to
avoid
evictions
and
homelessness.
Q
On
the
other
hand,
These
funds
will
motivate
numbers
to
rent
two
immigrants,
many
landlords
when
they
know
that
there
are
funds
available,
that
the
government
support
immigrants
and
refugees.
They
will
be
more
willing
to
make
some
to
set
some
flexibilities
and
to
rent
to
refugees.
Many
people
think
that
went
into
immigrants
and
refugees
is
risky
and
having
the
support
of
the
era,
the
city
and
the
local
local
government
will
help
us
a
lot
with
Outreach
and
to
educate
language.
So
we
can
have
access
for
immigrants
to
get
access
to
housing.
Q
Sorry,
I
want
to
showcase
two
examples
of
how
different
cities
have
dedicated
funds
to
create
strategies
like
this
one.
The
Michigan
State
Housing,
Development
Authority
provided
about
half
a
million
dollars
to
pay
for
emergency
housing
through
hotels
and
airbnbs
when
immigrants
were
not
able
to
find
housing.
Q
Owen
County
in
Michigan
used
a
portion
of
the
era
to
funds
for
helping
immigrants
with
rental
assistance
for
about
a
year
and
they're,
also
dedicating
fundings
to
create
affordable
condo
units
for
Refugee
farmers.
Another
good
example
is
the
city
council
of
Columbus.
They
created
the
African
neighbors
rental
assistance
are
fund
as
a
Andy
mentioned
last
year,
and
the
year
prior,
we
received
an
unexpected
number
of
Afghans,
and
many
cities
got
together
to
find
solutions
for
them.
They
respected
to
assist
520
Africans
to
secure
housing.
Q
So,
as
I
mentioned
before,
these
are
not
real,
but
we
don't
have
these
strategies
or
this
type
of
fun
in
Pittsburgh
and
based
on
their
experience.
We
think
this
is
a
successful
strategy
for
settlement
agencies
and
immigrant-based
organizations
have
been
critical
in
other
cities
to
help
create
these
type
of
funds,
and
we
are
committed
to
working
with
the
city
with
the
era
and
with
other
key
stakeholders
to
find
solutions
to
help
us
address
the
housing
crisis
for
immigrants
and
refugees.
Q
A
Why
thank
you
so
much
for
presenting
today,
I
just
want
to
address.
Thank
you
for
presenting
a
concept
for
funding
today's
meeting.
We
won't
be
able
to
dive
into
that
at
all.
We're
just
going
to
be
opening
the
allocation
process
at
the
next
meeting
of
the
the
strategy
that
the
group
might
use
to
invite
conversations
on
new
proposals
is
something
that
we're
going
to
have
to
table
so
I
apologize.
A
We
won't
really
be
able
to
dive
into
that
today,
but
if
folks
have
questions
about
the
materials
that
were
presented
more
questions
about
any
of
the
programs,
we
can
take
those
now.
J
I
have
one
question,
so
there
was
a
chart
that
was
up
on
the
screen
and
it
talked
about
basically
referrals
to
available
housing
that
you
all
have
available.
So
my
question
is:
how
do
you
ascertain
your
housing
stock?
S
Can
speak
to
that,
so
we
we,
we
have
built
our
Network
called
landlords
and
real
estate
companies
organically,
and
you
know
the
different
programs
that
have
been
in
existence
such
as
the
the
era
program
and
The
CARE
program
kind
of
help
us
to
help
individuals.
Therefore,
language
were
more
inclined
to
to
work
with
us
also
once
they
know
that
there
is
a
community
organization
involved,
they
feel
more
comfortable.
S
So
a
landlord
May
refer
refers
to
another
landlord
that
may
have
five
properties
real
estate
companies
that
may
have
may
give
us
access
to
50
properties.
So
that's
how
we
can
stock
our
properties.
Now
we
have
placed
108
families
in
houses,
and
so
it's
kind
of
like
it's
been
building
like
that
way,
but,
like
Yvonne
mentioned
you
know,
having
some
kind
of
program.
Promo
program
will
be
very,
very
key
to
continue
building
more
landlords.
Q
You
and
basically
all
of
the
resettlement
agencies
and
I'm,
going
to
use
our
like
a
struggle,
it's
very
very
hard
for
us
to
find
housing.
We
don't
have
a
pool
of
housing
available
for
us
for
this
month.
Just
to
give
you
an
example:
jfcs
has
to
fight
25
homes
for
families
that
are
moving
to
the
U.S
interpreter
for
the
first
time.
So
we
have
a
very
fast
flow
of.
Q
That
so,
as
we
generous,
phdc
has
created
a
flow,
organic
School
of
landlords
to
FCS
as
well,
and
all
of
the
agencies
have
some
Landers
that
we
already
know
have
worked
with
them.
But
this
is
not
enough.
Yeah,
that's
why
we
need
support
of
Outreach
of
many
lenders
to
help
us
find
housing
for
immigrants
and
refugees
even.
S
Though
we
had
landlords
working
with
us,
for
example,
phuc
has
21
families
on
a
waiting
list
right
now,
because
we
don't
have
enough
properties,
place
them,
and
you
know,
there's
also
other
factors
that
come
in
place,
such
as
the
schooling
and
where
they
are
working.
So
there's
many
factors
and
may
inferior
into
what
will
be
the
right
location
for
them.
A
And
I
just
have
to
apologize
to
everyone.
We
have
to
do
a
vote
today.
I
mean
we're
starting
to
wind
down
on
time.
So
for
all
of
the
folks
here,
please
submit
questions
back
to
me
or
the
Ura
staff
to
our
guests
on
the
phone
we
will.
We
will
be
happy
to
reconnect
and
invite
you
back
to
a
next
meeting.
We
just
had
a
really
full
agenda
today,
so
we
will
definitely
follow
up
with
any
questions
and
we
certainly
invite
you
to
come
back
to
our
next
meeting.
A
We
are
going
to
try
to
do
these
in
person
more
frequently,
so
there's
more
opportunities
for
dialogue
and
public
comment.
I
am
so
sorry.
This
happened
to
be
such
a
heavy
agenda
day,
and
we
thank
you
so
much
for
coming
and
sharing
this
really
critical
information
and
we
will
not
let
the
conversation
lapse
or
die
out.
So,
thank
you
again.
A
A
K
Feel
free
to
take
it
away.
I
am
a
fact
on
the
call
hello
good
afternoon,
Victoria
Jackson
and
I'm
a
lending
analyst
with
the
residential
lending
and
Investments
Department
here
at
the
Ura
today,
I'm
presenting
a
rental
gap
program
loan
request
for
from
Beacon
communities
and
Uptown
Partners
CDC
to
finance
new
construction
of
the
standard
on
Fifth.
K
The
standard
on
Fifth
will
be
a
51
unit
apartment
complex,
located
Uptown,
the
bluff
neighborhood
of
the
51
units
40
will
be
affordable
to
renters
up
to
60,
Ami
and
17
of
those
units
will
be
supported
by
project-based
vouchers.
Additionally,
Beacon
will
also
provide
residents
with
the
opportunity
to
connect
with
services
to
address
needs
around
food
insecurity,
home
ownership,
behavioral
health
literacy,
literacy
excuse
me
and
Workforce
Development.
K
The
proposed
one
million
six
hundred
thousand
dollar
loan
will
be
sourced
with
one
million
dollars
of
Hof
rental
gap,
program
funds
and
600
000
of
Home
funds.
The
one
million
dollars
will
need
to
be
approved
by
this
board
in
order
to
move
forward
with
seeking
approval
from
the
Ura
board.
The
loan
itself
will
have
a
40-year
term
a
zero
percent
interest
and
carry
a
40-year.
Affordability
period,
enforced
by
a
deed
restriction
on
the
40,
affordable
units,
the
repayment
schedule
of
this
loan
will
be
based
on
50
of
the
annual
cash
flow.
K
Regarding
other
financing
sources,
the
project
is
awarded
a
nine
percent,
low-income
housing
tax
credit
and
a
Pennsylvania
housing
tax
credit
award.
The
project
also
has
a
commitment
for
permanent
financing
from
phfa.
Beacon
communities
does
also
have
applications
under
review
for
additional
Gap
financing
from
the
housing
authority
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
through
his
project-based
voucher
gap
program,
as
well
as
the
Pennsylvania
Housing
Finance
Agency,
the
aforementioned
phfa.
Through
its
development
cost
recovery
program,
we
expect
to
see
those
financing
decisions
from
both
those
sources
sometime
in
Fall
2023..
K
So
once
again,
we
are
requesting
authorization
of
one
million
dollars
in
hot
funds
as
part
of
the
overall
one
million
six
hundred
thousand
dollar
loan
commitment
to
finance
development
activities
for
the
standard
on
Fifth.
Today
we
are
joined
by
Dr
Brittany
McDonald
of
Uptown
Partners,
as
well
as
Jessica
Sheldon
and
Maggie
Dudley
of
vegan
communities.
They
are
here
to
comment
and
also
answer
any
questions
that
this
board
may
have
about
the
project.
With
that,
I
will
open
questions.
F
About
the
the
unit
breakout,
it
might
understand
that
nine
of
the
11
family
units
or
three
bedroom
units
would
be
affordable.
L
K
If
there
are
further
details,
I
believe
Maggie
and
Jessica
are
both
on
the
call
that
they
like
to
provide
further
information
just
want
to
give
them
that
opportunity
as
well.
M
Yeah,
sorry
for
any
miscommunications
with
Victoria,
there
are
11
three-bedroom
apartments
in
total.
All
of
them
are
affordable.
Nine
of
them
have
a
project-based
vouchers
associated
how.
M
The
other
two
are
low-income
health
and
tax
credit.
A
We
did
have
a
question:
what
are
the
anticipated
accessibility
features
for
the
sensory
impairment
units.
M
So
we
have
a
mix
of
fully
upass
ADA
Compliant
units,
as
well
as
some
hearing
and
Visually
Impaired
compliant
units.
The
fully
ufas
units
will
have
grab
bars
and
greater
clearance
ranges
in
compliance
with
those
standards.
The
hearing
and
Visually
Impaired
units
will
have
those
special
additional
features
are
visual
alerts
or
doorbells,
as
well
as
for
any
emergency
alarms.
Smoke
detectors
those
kinds
of
things,
as
well
as
a
visual
intercom
with
guests
at
the
front
door.
J
What's
the
timeline
on
the
project,
just
Curious
and
also
p,
can
you
the
phtc
equity?
Can
you
but
kind
of
elaborate
on
what
that
is.
M
So
we
hope
to
we're
planning
to
start
construction,
the
end
of
this
year
or
early
2024
at
the
latest.
As
Victoria
said,
we
have
the
nine
percent
tax
credit
award
from
phfa,
which
is
a
great
milestone,
and
so
just
looking
to
put
together
the
final
commitments
and
get
into
construction
I
believe
the
PHCC
is
the
a
new
low
income
housing
tax
credit
that's
issued
by
the
state
of
Pennsylvania.
M
So
it's
a
program
that
the
state
adopted
a
couple
years
ago
and
last
year
was
the
first
year
they
made
commitment
so
typically
affordable
housing
projects
can
be
subsidized
with
the
Federal
Loan
housing
tax
credit
that
has
been
used
for
years.
Pennsylvania
now
has
a
Pennsylvania
specific
tax
credit,
so
our
investor
has
a
tax
benefit
for
their
pet
state
taxes,
in
addition
to
their
federal
taxes
and
as
a
result,
the
investor
puts
more
money
into
the
development
of
this
property.
A
A
So
one
of
the
suggestions
that
came
in
from
a
partner
to
the
Hof
is
that
marketing
should
really
look
at
local
spaces,
including
houses
of
worship
and
especially
those
spaces
that
may
have
alternate
language
services
available
so
that
a
larger
wider
group
of
folks
could
have
access
and
understanding
of
the
project
and
I
think
that
really
speaks
to
our
last
presentation
of
you
know.
Resettlement
is
a
huge
issue
locally
and
being
able
to
access
as
many
diverse
groups
as
possible
for
the
marketing
really
helps
us
to
drive
those
Equity
agendas.
M
Yeah
I
agree
we're
hoping
to
Market
as
broadly
as
possible,
and
the
Tenant
selection
plan
will
be
reviewed
by
the.
A
F
Just
to
sort
of
carry
the
conversation
a
little
bit
about
some
things,
we're
hearing
hearing
with
earlier
presentations.
How
do
you
handle
folk
evictions
or
do
you
have
a
policy
or
procedure?
Does
we
can
do
something
different
with
other
ways
to
resolve
those
instead
of
eviction
and
filing
yeah.
M
Absolutely
I
mean
we
are
a
landlord,
but
we
are
a
mission
oriented
landlord
with
a
Services
team
on
staff.
We
approach
our
property
management
through
a
strategy.
We
called
Blended
management,
so
that
means
our
services
team
working
with
our
property
management
team
to
resolve
issues,
whether
they
be
lease
violations
or
rent
payment
issues,
our
services,
team,
kind
of
social
worker
cases,
manager
type
folks.
M
They
can
help
connect
folks
with
some
of
the
rent
assistance
that
you
all
were
talking
about
earlier,
so
making
sure
that
our
residents,
if
they
are
falling
behind
the
property
manager,
will
bring
in
that
caseworker.
S
M
Connect
with,
if
it's
all
voluntary,
but
if
the
resident
wants
to
participate,
try
to
connect
them
with
these
resources,
so
try
to
follow
as
much
of
that
to
keep
people
housed
as
possible
and
eviction
is
absolutely
a
last
resource.
We
measure
keep
track
of
our
vacancy
our
turnover
rates
and
keeping
folks
housed
and
housing
stability.
H
F
M
F
A
So
from
our
members
that
are
with
us,
do
we
have
folks
that
need
to
abstain
from
a
vote
before
we
go
into
a
voting
process?
Yes,.
J
H
A
A
Thank
you
so
much.
We
have
our
second
on
record
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye.
A
Opposition
in
the
vote
and
we've
already
categorized
our
abstentions
for
Derek.
Thank
you
so
much
and
for
we
had
two
abstentions.
Thank
you.
Everyone
again
we're
sorry
that
we're
rushing
a
little
bit.
If
we
have
follow-up
questions,
I'm
sure
the
developer
will
be
gracious
enough
to
entertain
any
follow-up
we'd
like
to
do.
A
Thank
you.
So
much
to
standard
BBC,
LLC
motion
has
carried.
G
A
G
I'm
gonna
bring
one
of
my
colleagues
from
the
Ura
as
well.
So
what
we're
going
to
discuss
is
the
2024
hop
annual
allocation
plan,
Community
feedback
survey
that
we
put
together.
We
put
together
a
report,
slash
memo
for
the
board,
which
we
will
distribute
to
you
all
next
week.
G
At
the
same
time,
when
we
distribute
this
we're
going
to
send
out
the
forms
for
you
to
fill
out
your
recommendations
for
the
annual
allegation
for
next
year,
so
that
will
all
come
at
one
time
too
at
the
beginning
of
next
week,
at
some
point,
so
just
due
to
the
nature
of
time,
I
am
going
to
share
this
document
and
we're
just
going
to
very
briefly.
G
You
know,
touch
some
of
the
topics
I'm
going
to
allow
John
to
do
most
of
the
talking,
because
he
put
together
a
lot
of
the
data
analysis
for
us
from
the
survey,
so
he's
going
to
be
doing
most,
the
speaking
to
kind
of
just
walk
us
through.
You
know
what
the
results
of
this
survey
were,
but
we
are
just
going
to
briefly
kind
of
go
through.
G
What's
in
this
report,
you
know
we
just
have
a
brief
executive
summary
we're
going
to
talk
about
survey,
methodology
and
demographics
and
results
and
then,
at
the
end,
there's
just
a
brief
section
that
I'm
going
to
talk
about.
You
know
what
some
of
the
other
funding
sources
are,
and
some
of
the
market
trends
that
we're
going
to
discuss
but
I'm
going
to
let
John
take
it
away
so
that
we
can
get
into
the
part
that
everybody
actually
cares
about.
H
G
Mean
we
will
distribute
this
report
to
everybody,
so
at
least
everybody
online
can
see
it,
but
yeah,
but
we'll
we'll
share
this
with
everybody
and
you'll
be
able
to.
You
know,
talk
about
it.
O
O
The
survey
took
we
received
submissions
over
three
months
of
collection,
starting
May,
2nd
and
ending
July
1st.
We
received
a
total
of
603
responses,
which
I
was
really
excited
about.
We
distributed
a
web
link
through
our
well
through
social
media
email
campaigns,
QR
codes
on
Flyers.
There
were
also
paper
copies
available
at
Community
meetings
and
a
mail
campaign.
O
We
collected
on
a
survey
collector
called
alchemer
very
similar
to
Survey
Monkey,
but
a
little
bit
nicer
in
terms
of
some
of
the
survey
capabilities
we
received
579
English
language
responses
and
24
Spanish
language
responses.
We
analyzed
English
language
responses,
separate
from
Spanish
language
responses,
as
the
Spanish
translation
is
not
as
direct,
and
so
we
didn't
want
to
make
direct
comparisons
and
also
because
the
sample
sizes
are
so
different.
O
We
didn't
want
to
conflate
any
Trends
in
the
Spanish
language
analysis
with
the
English
language
trends
I
always
like
to
start
by
going
through
some
of
the
demographics
of
the
the
sample
just
so
that
we
can
characterize
which
voices
are
present
and
which
voices
are
absent
in
terms
of
housing
status.
Oh
yeah,
okay,.
G
O
In
terms
of
Resident
status,
starting
with
just
English
language,
the
majority
of
respondents
were
homeowners
at
about
5
59.9,
the
next
renters
27.8
percent,
and
then
we
had
12.3
I'm.
Sorry
I
made
a
5.4
saying
that
they
lived
with
someone
who
was
their
home
order
or
a
renter.
O
We
also
had
a
around
20
a
little
more
than
20,
indicating
they
were
housing,
Advocates
or
social
services
providers,
but
in
terms
of
age,
pretty
even
distribution
around
20
for
25
to
34,
35,
to
44,
55
to
64,
65
and
older,
a
little
bit
less
representation
for
18
to
24
and
then
45
to
55..
O
When
we
are
looking
at
rates,
the
vast
majority
identified
as
white
59.1
percent,
followed
by
30.3
percent,
indicating
they
were
black
or
African-American,
those
identifying
as
biracial
multi-racial
Asian
American
Indian
Alaska
native
a
native
Hawaiian,
each
less
than
five
percent
for
this
88.5
most
people
said,
did.
J
O
C
G
Last
year's
survey:
it
was
a
much
higher
rate
of
high
income
individuals
than
they're
wearing
comparison.
So,
looking
at
this,
it
is
a
much
better
outcome
than
what
we
had
the
previous
year.
So
I
just
want
to
highlight
that,
because
it
is
definitely
a
trend
in
the
right
direction.
O
Belonging
to
LGBT
community,
so
a
little
bit
lower
percentage.
The
majority
of
respondents
identified
as
cisgender
women,
less
than
one
percent
of
respondents
identified
as
transgender
and
also
the
majority.
Almost
80
percent
identified
as
heterosexual.
O
In
terms
of
protected
populations,
almost
half
of
the
respondents
indicated
they
belonged
to
one
or
more
protected
population,
so
those
would
be
racial
or
ethnic
majority
or
minorities
in
the
area
that
they're
living
living
with
young
children,
single
parents,
religious
minority
in
the
area,
they're
living
differently,
abled
people,
people
receiving
assistance
from
section
8,
where
housing
vouchers,
immigrants
or
refugees,
the
largest
groups,
would
be
racial
or
ethnic
minorities
in
the
area
that
they're
living
or
living
with
your
children.
O
We
asked
respondents.
The
me
of
the
survey
asked
respondents
to
rank
housing
interventions.
Eight
housing
interventions,
current
housing
interventions
from
one
to
six.
So
it's
a
subset,
not
every
intervention
got
ranked
on
every
list.
That
means
that
each
intervention
was
assigned
a
relative
priority
based
on
an
average
Rank
and
then
the
total
number
of
rankings
top
three
housing
inter
current
housing
interventions,
we're
building
more
affordable
housing
for
rent
building,
more
affordable
housing
for
sale,
improving
and
preserving
existing
housing
stock.
O
There
were
some
interventions
that
received
a
higher
average
rank,
but
also
received
like
a
lower
number
of
total
number
of
rankings.
So
we
wanted
to
reconcile
some
of
those
differences
by
looking
at
10
identified
sub-populations.
So
those
would
be
people
identifying
as
black
or
African-American
under
fifty
thousand
dollars,
black
or
African-American
over
fifty
thousand
dollars
white
under
fifty
thousand
dollars.
Why
over
fifty
thousand
dollars
the
lgbtq
population?
O
Populations
less
than
fifty
thousand
dollar
income,
regardless
of
race
greater
than
fifty
thousand
dollars.
Regardless
of
that
right.
So
we
tried
to
compare
if
there
were
differences
in
rankings
depending
on
whether
they
belong
to
any
of
those
groups
and.
G
One
thing
I
mentioned
before
he
moves
on
just
in
the
you
know
the
way
that
we
set
up
all
of
the
different
housing
interventions
that
are
presently
occurring,
they're
all
tied
directly
into
one
of
the
programs
we
presently
are
doing
so
just
for
everybody
to
note
the
top
three
that
are
there
in
terms
of
programming
are
number
one
being
the
rental
gap
program
segment
being
in
the
for
sale,
development
program
and
then
the
third
one
being
our
home
repair
program.
The
homeowner
assistance
program.
O
When
we
looked
at
the
crosstab,
so
the
subpopulations
improving
and
preserving
existing
housing
stocks,
so
that
would
be
half
was
ranked
Higher
by
respondents
identifying
as
white
with
combined
household
income
of
less
than
fifty
thousand
dollars,
members
of
the
lgbtq
community
and
those
belonging
to
protected
populations,
building
new
housing
stock
for
rent
or
sale.
So
both
of
those
was
they
were
both
ranked
Higher
by
respondents
identifying
as
black
or
African-American
hoping
small
landlords.
Improving
quality
of
their
housing
stock
for
rent
was
ranked
lower
and
legal
assistance
for
renters
and
homeowners
was
ranked
higher.
O
So
that's
sort
of
a
combination
that
was
reported
by
respondents
with
a
household
income
less
than
fifty
thousand
dollars,
regardless
of
race
members
of
the
lgbtq
community
in
those
over
45
and
then
flexible
spending
for
new
programs
was
ranked
Higher
by
respondents
identifying
as
white
with
a
combined
household
income
of
less
than
fifty
thousand
dollars,
and
also
members
of
the
LGBT
community
and
those
ages.
18
to
44.
A
So
I'm
just
going
to
use
this
as
a
natural
break.
We
have
four
minutes
remaining
in
the
meeting.
I
am
really
hard
sick
that
we're
not
getting
to
really
dive
into
this,
but
I
know
that
we've
already
had
four
members
leave
in
the
last
10
minutes,
so
we
just
have.
We
just
have
four
more
minutes
so
yeah.
O
So
my
apologies
I
will
say,
like
you
will
get
the
whole
report.
There's
a
lot
in
here.
It's
a
pretty
extensive
report.
He
tried
to
slice
the
data
in
as
many
ways
as
possible
to
help
make
decisions.
If
you
have
any
questions,
please
feel
free
to
reach
out
and
I
can
go
through
this
in
a
little
bit
more
detail
with
you
and
then.
A
Maybe
we
can
do
so.
Our
next
agenda
is
going
to
have
the
allocation
piece
and
I'm,
not
cutting
you
off.
I
just
know
that
you're
going
to
be
losing
people
every
minute
that
we're
here,
but
maybe
we
can
start
the
next
meeting
with
a
presentation
of
highlights,
because
I
do
apologize.
I
do
not
want
to
be
disrespectful
to
the
team.
This
was
so
much
great
work
and
I
know
we
all
want
to
absorb
it
and
I
don't
want
to
give
it
short
shrift.
A
A
Please
take
a
dive
into
this
report
and
please
give
us
some
preemptive
questions
so
that
we
can
plan
appropriately
for
time,
because
we
do
want
to
give
the
respect
to
the
Ura
team
and
really
understand
this
data,
because
this
is
how
we're
going
to
be
decision
making
and
I.
Don't
want
us
to
miss
all
of
this
really
good
information
that
we
need
to
use
in
that
process.
A
C
I
just
want
to
add,
because
a
lot
of
The
Advisory
board
members
might
be
going
through
this
for
the
first
time.
So
ultimately,
what
we're
trying
to
get
to
is
a
final
approved
annual
allocation
plan
by
city
council
sometime
in
late
November
or
early
December.
So
the
road
map
here
that
we're
looking
at
is
at
the
at
the
Hof
Advisory
Board
in
October,
creating
a
draft
allocation
plan
that
basically
has
everyone's
thoughts
on
what
they
think
it
should
be.
C
We
come
up
at
that
meeting
with
whether
it's
an
average
or
just
have
a
dialogue
on
what
that
draft
looks
like
and
that'll
be
posted
publicly
for
a
month
for
public
comments
and
then
the
Hof
Advisory
board
at
the
November
meeting
will
get
a
final
plan
approved.
The
Ura
board
will
approve
that
and
then
subsequently
city
council
will
so
the
homework
for
the
next
month.
C
Basically,
is
once
Jazz
and
John
sent
out
this
report
that
that
can
help
to
inform
what
you
put
into
your
own
personal
draft
allocation
plan,
we'll
collect
that
and
have
those
that
information
at
the
October
meeting.
So,
just
to
let
everyone
know
why
we're
doing
this,
and
what
the
next
few
steps
look
like.
G
Yeah
and
like
John
said
you
know,
this
is
a
very
lengthy
report,
so
we're
really
only
plan
to
touch
on
the
highlights
of
it
today
anyway,
but
we
can
absolutely
do
some
highlights
of
the
next
meeting
and
you
know
kind
of
gear
it
towards
specific
questions
that
people
might
have,
but
we
like
Evan
mentioned.
We
do
want
to
have
your
budget
recommendations,
though
prior
to
the
next
meeting,
so
that
we
can
go
over
that
and
create
the
draft
plan.
G
So
I
would
recommend
you
know
going
over
this
sooner
rather
than
later,
and
then
asking
any
questions
as
this
month
progresses
so
that
we
can
kind
of
get
back
to
you
I'm
more
than
willing
to
have
a
conversation.
You
know
outside
of
these
meetings
to
talk
about
any
of
the
questions
you
might
have
just
so
that
you
can
get
your
budget
recommendations
in
and
we
can
make
sure
we
meet
the
the
timetables
to
get
the
annual
allocation
plan
done.
A
And
I'm
just
going
to
again
recommend
to
folks.
If
you
send
questions
to
me,
we
can
put
the
answers
out
to
the
whole
group.
You
know.
So.
If
we
get
these
pre-meeting
questions,
then
we
can
do
some
circulating
of
information
prior
to
the
meeting
and
then,
if
they're,
pressing
things
that
you
want
to
talk
to
John
about,
especially
you
know,
we
will
have
the
time
to
do
that
so
you're
going
to
get
a
lot
of
homework.
This
is
going
to
be
a
heavy
homework
month.
A
B
One
quick
comment
before
you:
do
that,
considering
how
important
this
part
of
it
is
and
how
the
important
the
feedback
would
be
to
have
early
and
you
when
this
is
circulated,
just
give
us
a
hey,
I
would
like
to
have
it
by
just
for
all
of
us
yeah.
Absolutely
this.
It
would
be
cool
to
have
it
by
you
know
you
don't
have
to
smack
Us
in
the
head,
but
just
so
that
we
have
a
sense.
You
know
how
we
can
you
know
sort
of
plan.