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DannyLameJokes t1_j8a3rsh wrote

Housing Advocates is a funny way of spelling for profit real estate developers.

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412gage t1_j8ah8dv wrote

A lot of them are non-profits, as well.

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DannyLameJokes t1_j8aop0x wrote

Are they the same kind of “non-profit” that was forcing people to sell their north side houses by repeatedly reporting minor code violations so they could buy and flip them?

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412gage t1_j8aqt10 wrote

You're gonna have to provide the link to what you're referring to, because I didn't hear of that. I'm referring to the non-profits that I used to work with in the Pittsburgh and Philly areas that were building affordable housing. Some of them are pretty rough but a lot of them are genuine mission-driven developers.

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DannyLameJokes t1_j8b0wdq wrote

I’m sure you can find other articles. One of the entities doing this was disguising themselves as a community housing non-profit. The city didn’t seem to mind residents being forced out of their homes

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-24/how-pittsburgh-s-house-flippers-get-buyers-to-sell

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412gage t1_j8b3tmr wrote

Yeah I’m speaking purely about developers, although I know very well of these firms that buy up properties as mentioned in the article. Shady practices aren’t uncommon, unfortunately.

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