Irina Zhorov
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Ideas Worth Stealing: Replace all lead pipes
Madison, Wisconsin replaced all of the lead service lines in the city through an initiative started in 2001. ...
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Ideas Worth Stealing: Section 8 voucher money to assist with homeownership
Instead of subsidizing rent, could vouchers help people with low incomes become homeowners? Ideas Worth Stealing: Every week, ...
10 years ago
Market slide at the start of 2016 could mean trouble for pension funds
Ultimately, tax payers would be on the hook to make up for low returns. Markets have been volatile at the start of 2016, and ...
10 years ago
Johnstown’s pension plan liability continues to grow
The city’s pension plans — for firefighters, police, non-uniformed city workers, and Bureau of Sewage employ ...
10 years ago
Real estate crowdfunding makes its way to Pittsburgh. Sort of.
Fundrise is opening up its first Pittsburgh property to crowdfunding. But their new approach is more akin to traditional financing. ...
10 years ago
Ideas Worth Stealing: Easing traffic with technology, not more blacktop
Adaptive traffic signals that react to changing traffic patterns can ease commutes. ...
10 years ago
Ideas Worth Stealing: Encouraging employers to pay living wages with a carrot, not a stick
A non-profit in North Carolina is trying to convince employers to pay living wages through a voluntary program. ...
10 years ago
Ideas Worth Stealing: How to recruit more landlords to work with Section 8 tenants
Smart marketing, rent and security deposit guarantees, and overall efficiency can help convince landlords to work with the program. ...
10 years ago
Pennsylvania population growth remains slow, steady
Pennsylvania has gained about 100,000 new residents in the past five years. New population estimates from the U.S. Census Bu ...
10 years ago
Section 8 vouchers can help low-income renters, but finding housing is difficult
Section 8 voucher caps limit participants from renting in high-opportunity areas, and that’s a problem. ...
10 years ago
ListenTax credits help build affordable housing, but they expire. Should Pennsylvania worry?
In Pennsylvania, affordable housing units funded through tax credits will likely stay affordable even as the tax credit restrictions expi ...
10 years ago
New Pittsburgh ordinance bars discrimination against Section 8 renters
Pittsburgh joins Philadelphia and State College in adding ‘source of income’ to the list of protected classes under fair housing laws ...
10 years ago