h magazine: “Unlocking Housing Help”

As a microcosm of a national crisis, the struggle to retain or obtain access to housing in the Pittsburgh region amid an economically crippling pandemic is not only devastating to the thousands of people directly involved but also is exposing deep systemic flaws that affect the broader community, most notably in terms of the vast socioeconomic and racial disparities of the pandemic’s impact. Of the callers to RentHelpPGH and its sister centers, only about 3 percent are white, estimates Crystal Jennings, a resource navigator who wears multiple hats within the region’s social service community.

–Ben Wecht, “Unlocking Housing Help,” h Magazine. READ MORE >>