ACTION-Housing

10/30/2026

“This corner now gives 41 households a safe, affordable place to call home, including three-bedroom apartments for larger families and fully accessible units, along with 12,000 square feet of space for new retail and a potential restaurant on Penn Avenue,” said Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato about the milestone completion of the Penn Lincoln development.

“Allegheny County Economic Development was part of this project from the very beginning, from acquiring the vacant hotel to investing more than $3.5 million in HOME and Affordable Housing Trust Fund dollars. Projects like this show what’s possible when we work together, and I’m grateful to ACTION-Housing, Hosanna House, and our government partners for their vision and persistence in bringing this landmark corner back to life.”

We'd like to extend our most sincere thanks to Allegheny County Economic Development and our elected officials for their support at Friday's Penn Lincoln ribbon-cutting including Lt. Governor Austin Davis, Congressman Chris Deluzio, State Senator Jay Costa, State Representative Abigail Salisbury, Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato, and Mayor of Wilkinsburg Dontae Comans.

10/30/2026

Can we get a big round of applause for our ACTION-Housing Weatherization staff? 👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾Governor Shapiro proclaimed today, October 30, 2026, as Pennsylvania Weatherization Day, honoring the 50th anniversary of the Weatherization Assistance Program. This milestone is possible because of the dedication, expertise, and unwavering commitment to our communities made by teams like ours!

For more than five decades, Pennsylvania’s weatherization partners have strengthened communities one home at a time. Together, we have weatherized more than 551,350 homes and resolved over 186,300 heating crisis emergencies. Behind each of these numbers is a family with a safer home, a senior experiencing comfort through the winter, and a child growing up in a healthier living environment!

10/29/2026

A heartfelt thank you to Congressman Chris Deluzio for taking the time to record such a thoughtful video message celebrating our Penn Lincoln ribbon-cutting last week!

While he couldn't join us in person, we were glad he could be part of this special day. His kind words and support meant a great deal to our team and to everyone who worked so hard to bring Penn Lincoln to life.

We're grateful for his continued support of affordable housing and for recognizing the importance of creating safe, stable homes for our neighbors throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania.

Thank you, Congressman Deluzio, for helping us celebrate this exciting milestone!

10/29/2026

“Every Pennsylvanian deserves a safe place to call home.” —Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis

This week, Hosanna House and ACTION-Housing celebrated a new chapter for Wilkinsburg: 41 affordable, brand new places to call home in the heart of Wilkinsburg at Penn Lincoln Apartments. We are grateful to each and every one of our partners and collaborators for investing in the future of this community! Thank you!

10/28/2026

📣 Eviction Prevention & Housing Stability Saves Public Dollars!!

Did you know that evictions increase:

• ER Visits
• Hospitalizations
• Medicaid Costs
• Crisis Services

Housing stability is PREVENTATIVE CARE and far less expensive than emergency medicine.
Want to reduce healthcare costs? Start with housing!!!

The services and help people receive through RentHelpPGH and our greater collaboration within AHSC go beyond just keeping a roof overhead. By preventing evictions and stabilizing housing, we are reducing stress, preventing health crises, educational crisis, and supporting long-term well-being.

🏠 Housing Stability Is Healthcare! It saves public dollars, but most importantly it can save lives!! 🖤💛

10/20/2026

Thank you to The Pittsburgh Foundation & Rent Help PGH + Eviction Rapid Response for partnering with us to bring this crucial event to our communities!

10/19/2026

“Millions of people are living in unsafe, unhealthy houses,” urban planner and advocate Alan Mallach told a conference in Pittsburgh last month. “This is the housing crisis that hardly anybody is talking about,” he said.

“We receive at least five calls a day from people asking if we have anything like this or if we know of anyone that does,” said Ian Thomas, ACTION’s housing stabilization program manager. “And right now the only answer we can give them is: ‘No.’”

10/16/2026

The second One Roof event was a huge success, and your feedback will help make future events even better! Please take a few minutes to complete our survey! https://forms.gle/X1zA6E1u58mGUPAb6

To build a just and stable housing ecosystem for Allegheny County tenants by ensuring residents can easily access high quality eviction prevention and supportive services, rental assistance programs, and resource navigation supports.

10/15/2026

: Can you believe it's been a month since we welcomed our community and partners to Uptown Flats? Uptown Flats wouldn’t have been possible without the architects, engineers, skilled tradespeople, contractors, and business partners who brought this project to life. It's still incredible to see how that hard work and expertise came together to turn the vision of affordable housing into a place people can call home.

And the need for affordable housing has never been greater! In Pennsylvania, there are only 39 affordable, available rental homes for every 100 extremely low-income households. That gap makes it critical that we keep building, preserving, and expanding access to housing.

We’re grateful to everyone working alongside us each day to build a more affordable future for our communities.

Thank you to Keystone Structural Solutions, LGA Partners, Mosites Construction and Development, Iams Consulting LLC, SIGAL Development Services LLC, Fahringer, McCarty, Grey, Inc., West Penn Energy Solutions, and everyone who helped make this building a reality!

10/13/2026

We're excited to have organizations from across Allegheny County joining us, and there's still room for more voices at the table, so please sign up and share. Registration closes tomorrow, Wednesday, October 14, at 4 PM!

A special invitation to the service provider agencies that make Allegheny County's safety net stronger for our neighbors!

Tomorrow is the last day to register for the first-ever One Roof Service Provider Summit, happening Thursday, October 15!

When resources get scarce, organizations and causes are too often pushed into competition at exactly the moment the people we serve most need us to collaborate.

The One Roof Provider Summit is an opportunity to push back against that.

We're bringing together frontline staff and organizational leaders from across service sectors to talk about the challenges our neighbors are facing, how housing instability intersects with all of our work, and how we can better coordinate our efforts, support one another, and strengthen the safety net we collectively provide.

Because while our areas of expertise may be siloed, the people we serve are not!

We're excited to have organizations from across Allegheny County joining us, and there's still room for more voices at the table. We'd especially love to have both frontline staff and leadership represented!

Thursday, October 15 | 8:30 a.m.–2 p.m.
Commonwealth Charter Academy, Homestead
Breakfast and lunch provided! (Thanks to Human Services Center Mon Valley's Mon Valley Provider Council for breakfast!)

Registration closes tomorrow, Wednesday, October 14, at 4 p.m.!

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeluVbD0OpknnRly_81GAMWJ1U4Y6eTzGqQUBRXp1j6uG3ztw/viewform

This is a service-provider-only event, not open to the general public.

We hope you'll join us! ACTION-Housing, The Pittsburgh Foundation