From tent villages to emergency shelters to safe indoor housing. The city of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County think they are on the right path with the city's unhoused.
Hoping to create dignified places to call home, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey says that they now have the ability to give those without a place to call their own a bed that is theirs and a path to a more permanent place to live.
“These are spaces that are allowing us to turn the corner from COVID-era arraignments to a humane system that can accommodate people indoor,” said Gainey.
He says the goal is to first get everyone inside and get their own bed. It builds after that according to the major.
“We work to develop a sustainable housing strategy so that people that come into shelters don’t stay there,” said Gainey. “So, that people that are coming into our shelters don’t have to stay there but are able to move on transitional housing, permanently supported housing, publicly support or market rate housing and the support services will move with them.”
The program also includes transpiration options.
The city and the county are working together and currently have plenty of spaces to get people on the right track.