Media Coverage | Affordable housing project in Homewood could ignite revitalization in neighborhood

by talia piazza | Jul 15, 2024 | Community News, Homewood, Media Coverage, Revitalize Neighborhoods

By: Jessica Guay | KDKA News | July 12, 2024 | Watch the interview PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A new affordable housing project is on its way to one of Pittsburgh’s most distressed neighborhoods. Buildings that have been empty eyesores for years in the city’s...

Media Coverage | An $800,000 investment is spurring the redevelopment of up to 69 affordable housing units in Homewood

by talia piazza | Jul 15, 2024 | Community News, Front Page, Homewood, Media Coverage, Revitalize Neighborhoods

By: Oliver Morrison | WESA 90.5 | July 12, 2024 | Read the full article   Katie Blackley | 90.5 WESA An $800,000 investment by the nonprofit Neighborhood Allies is providing funding for a nonprofit developer to purchase 69 units for renovation into affordable...

Media Coverage | Salem’s Market in the Hill District gets boost from $250,000 grant

by talia piazza | May 28, 2024 | Announcements, Front Page, Hill District, Media Coverage, Revitalize Neighborhoods

“The injection of capital from Neighborhood Allies enables Salem’s Market to not only maintain a solid financial footing in its early years, but also to expand its services, particularly in the opening of a prepared foods section. The store has provided 60 jobs...

Media Coverage | Neighborhood Allies invests $250,000 into new grocery store in Pittsburgh’s Hill District

by talia piazza | May 21, 2024 | Front Page, Hill District, Media Coverage, Revitalize Neighborhoods

Photo Credit: JIM HARRIS/PBT | Abdullah Salem is the owner of Salem’s Market. By: Patty Tascarella | Pittsburgh Business Times | Read the full article Neighborhood Allies on Monday announced that it has invested $250,000 through its Neighborhood Capital fund...

Media Coverage | Cost of rent is hitting record levels, including in Pittsburgh, but not enough low-cost units are available

by Chelsea Contino | Mar 5, 2024 | Front Page, Media Coverage, Revitalize Neighborhoods

By: Jordan Anderson | Pittsburgh Post Gazette | February 10, 2024 | Read the full story Keeping up with the cost of housing has never been more unaffordable. For half of renters nationwide, it’s outright unobtainable, says one new report from Harvard...

Media Coverage | ‘The tools they need’: Allegheny County enters into new financial empowerment program

by talia piazza | Feb 7, 2024 | Foster Economic Opportunity, Front Page, Media Coverage

By: CIARA MCENEANY | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Read the full article Photo Credit: Evan Robinson-Johnson/Post-Gazette Neighborhood Allies, a nonprofit focused on promoting financial equity, and the Allegheny County Department of Human Services announced the launch of...