Mayor Gainey’s Transition Team has charged a team of community leaders with the task of generating recommendations for his administration to help make Pittsburgh a city that serves the needs of all of its residents. This new UCSUR report explores how the city’s emphasis on public-private partnerships and other privatization schemes to address housing needs has affected the availability of affordable housing.
Authors evaluate the social impacts of such policies and show what has been learned from extensive research on privatization in other cities and countries. Is there a connection between the privatization of housing and the long-term decline of the city’s African American population? The report provides an overview of alternative approaches that could better address the affordable housing needs of Pittsburgh residents.
The research team will join community leaders who are part of the Mayor’s Transition Team in discussing how this work can inform the new administration.
Panelists
Randall Taylor, Penn Plaza Support & Action Coalition, Daniel McClymonds, Connor Chapman, & Jackie Smith, University of Pittsburgh
Discussants:
Monica Ruiz, Executive Director, Casa San Jose & Co-Chair, Gainey Transition Equitable Development Committee; Jamil Bey, President, Urbankind Institute & Co-Chair, Gainey Transition Infrastructure & Environment Committee
Moderators: Sabina Deitrick and Chris Briem, University Center for Social and Urban Research
Sponsors: University of Pittsburgh University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh Human Rights Working Group, & Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance
Download the report Pittsburgh’s Affordable Housing Crisis: Is Privatization the Solution?