Stephanie Strasburg

Over a handful of dizzying weeks, Downtown Pittsburgh’s Smithfield shelter closure scattered the hundreds of people who had built a community.

NDC Asset Management, which runs three SRO facilities near the city’s center, ramped up filings to evict vulnerable tenants as winter approaches.

The death of Courtney Carter while cycling in Homewood brought out neighborhood residents and bike advocates, who echoed longstanding calls for safer streets.

After bouncing from tents to shelters and back again, Howard Ramsey finally has an apartment and a goal: to leave something to his two children.