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Help is in the works for the thousands of households in Allegheny County that can’t afford to pay rent because of the covid-19 pandemic.
“People continue to struggle,” Action Housing general counsel Kyle Webster said Tuesday, when Pittsburgh City Council took the first step toward establishing a program to help.
City and Allegheny County officials will be partnering with Action Housing and Dollar Energy to help those who are behind on their rent. Legislation to move the program forward was introduced to council Tuesday.
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Water flows through the Emsworth Lock and Dam along the Ohio River in this file photo. A planned hydropower plant will supply the electricity used in Allegheny County buildings, the county announced Thursday.
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The power used by the Allegheny County Courthouse, jail and other government buildings will be generated by hydroelectric energy harnessed from the Emsworth Lock and Dam, county Executive Rich Fitzgerald said Thursday.
Fitzgerald was joined by Paul Jacob, CEO of Boston-based Rye Development, which has an office in Downtown Pittsburgh, and other officials as they celebrated a milestone toward using more climate-friendly energy sources.
Allegheny County officials said Wednesday they are making plans to take vaccine doses into senior high rises and similar communities, setting up a phone registration and looking for ways to streamline the registration process. The steps take time, officials said, and take a larger and more reliable supply of vaccine.