Welcome to the Monday Morning Post where you can get your City of Pittsburgh news from last week today!

Pittsburgh Land Bank (PLB) Board Chair Councilman Rev. Ricky Burgess announced new leadership at the PLB March Regular Board Meeting.

Diamonte Walker, in her position as Deputy Executive Director of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (URA), will assume the position of PLB Executive Director. Additionally, the URA has hired Greg Miller as the URA’s new PLB Manager, who begins his new position today. 
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City of Pittsburgh officials were made aware that a concession stand in Quarry Field in the South Side Slopes was defaced with abhorrent racist graffiti, and immediately launched a police investigation and cleanup efforts.

Public Safety and police officials were dispatched to the park to conduct a criminal investigation into the matter, as well as crews from the Department of Public Works to immediately begin to clean or cover the graffiti.
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A free training program for childcare providers to receive state-required pediatric first aid, CPR and fire safety certifications was held on Saturday by the Mayor's Office and Public Safety. Biennial certifications are critical to ensuring the safety of children and staff, but can be expensive for childcare facilities who often operate with limited funding and resources. This free course helps to alleviate that cost for the city’s childcare facilities, while allowing them to maintain a high standard of safety.
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Lawyers for the City of Pittsburgh and Everytown Law have filed a brief in support of the lawsuit Philadelphia filed last year challenging the Pennsylvania General Assembly for blocking cities from enforcing common sense gun safety policies. 

Pittsburgh and Everytown filed their amicus brief with Commonwealth Court on April 5th.  
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More than 30 properties in East Hills will be stabilized under plans going before the board of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh today in an agreement with Rising Tide Partners. 
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Governor Tom Wolf awarded $500,000 for the rehabilitation of what will become Big Tom’s Barbershop and two affordable housing units in the Hill District, at the site of the iconic Hamm’s Barber Shop on Centre Avenue.
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Pittsburgh residents are welcome to pick up free mulch from the City's Christmas Tree Recycling Program, starting April 10th. 

This past holiday season, the City of Pittsburgh diverted more than 2,200 Christmas trees and 38 tons from the landfill over the course of one month. With the help of the Department of Public Works Environmental Services bureau and its Forestry Division, Pittsburgh residents took Christmas trees to five locations throughout the City for recycling. The trees were then chipped into mulch at the zoo drop-off location or composted by Wood Waste Recycling. 
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Chapter 782 of the Pittsburgh City Code, Temporary Eviction Regulation For Disease Prevention and Control Due to COVID- 1, prohibits landlords from taking action to cause the eviction of an individual or household except for good cause.  The chapter goes onto define good cause: 

1. Non-payment of rent and utilities, unless such non-payment was due to substantial loss of household income or hours of work or wages due to loss of employment and/or medical expenses (both those that are COVID-19 related illnesses and pre-existing illnesses). Non- payment failure also includes late fees, penalties or interest unrelated to the aforementioned reasons. 
2. Conduct that presents an imminent threat to the health or safety of other residents, inhabitants or property staff including criminal activity in the unit or housing premises, engaging in actions or behaviors that threaten the health or safety of other residents and violating any applicable building code or health ordinance relating to health and safety. 
3. Other material breach of the lease terms, such as criminal conduct or damage to the property, or other compelling basis.  

The Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations (“PghCHR” or “Commission”) has prepared the rules and procedures pursuant to the authority and responsibility vested in it by the Pittsburgh City Code (“PCC”) Subsections 782.02(b) and (d). Because the City of Pittsburgh’s pre-eviction application review process in the Temporary Eviction Moratorium Ordinance (“TEMO”) appears to be the first of its kind, PghCHR has faced a unique task in creating the rules and procedures.  These procedures were created with the help and input of several members of the Pittsburgh community who represent the diversity and interests of our City. 

Rules for the TEMO Good Cause Review

Updated March 26, 2021 

Apply for a Good Cause Exemption Online

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Complete Application Forms and their  supporting documents can be sent to the commission by e-mail, US mail, or fax.  To request an accommodation to view the form, or to request a paper form sent to you, you may contact us by phone, fax, e-mail, or US mail. 

    Phone: 412-436-9619 or 412-255-2600
    Fax: 412-255-2288 
    E-mail: human.relations@pittsburghpa.gov 

    Mailiing Address: 
    414 Grant St. 
    Suite 908 
    Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Guidance

Updated 04/01/2021

Resources for Rent and Mortgage Assistance

Updated 04/09/2021