412gage t1_j8ah8dv wrote
Reply to comment by DannyLameJokes in Alternate Title: City of Pittsburgh sues to keep ownership of dilapidated housing, preventing them from being redeveloped by asdropen11
A lot of them are non-profits, as well.
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?
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.
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
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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