Community Resources for Homebuyers

• Action Housing: Affordable Home Repairs
• Action Housing: Mortgage Assistance Program
• Action Housing: MyPlace Youth Programs
• Catapult: Developing Ownership Opportunities for Residents
• Neighborhood Legal Services
• NeighborWorks Western PA: Events
  • Before You Buy Workshop
  • Homebuyer Education Workshop
• NeighborWorks Western PA: Homeownership Counseling
• NeighborWorks Western PA: Lending Products
• Pittsburgh Financial Empowerment Center: Financial Counseling
• RentHelpPGH
• Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh: Rental Assistance

Bank Programs & Financing for Homebuyers

• Community Growth Fund: Community Acquisition & Rehabilitation Loan (CARL)
• Dollar Bank: Homeownership Program
• Dollar Bank: Mortgages for Mothers
• Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh: First Front Door
• First Commonwealth Bank: Mortgage Programs for First Time Home Buyers

Affordable Housing Listings

• AffordableHousingOnline.com - Lists affordable housing in Wilkinsburg. Also includes a lot of information surrounding affordable housing in Wilkinsburg.
  
• PAHousingSearch.com - Affordable homes & apartments in Wilkinsburg.
• PublicHousing.com - Lists affordable housing in Wilkinsburg including privately owned subsidized housing apartments; Public Housing apartments owned by the state; and Housing Choice Voucher aka Section 8 listings.

Western Pennsylvania Housing News, Research & Development

• Pitt’s Healthy Home Lab aims to help seniors age in their homes (Jan 2024)
• Proposed Pittsburgh legislation would allow building small, attached homes (Jan 2024)

Equitable & Just Greater Pittsburgh Housing Resource Guides

• Tenancy Rights Brochure (PDF)
• ​Unhealthy Housing Brochure (PDF)
• Evictions Brochure (PDF)

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