Meeting
City Council · December 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM · Council Chambers
City Council
Online shopping has added recyclable packaging, but public works says recycling rates have stayed flat. On Dec. 29, council authorized a $100,000, one-year contract with Eastern Research Group to teach residents to recycle. A 2024 KDKA report put the city's rate at 17%, against a 30% national average. Even so, the city keeps its goal of 90% diversion by 2030.
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Across the city, 11,311 abandoned parcels account for an estimated $54.7 million in delinquent property taxes. Putting them back on the tax rolls could cost $168.5 million, the Pittsburgh Land Bank estimated. However, a Dec. 26 task force report said its five-year plan is unlikely to happen. It recommended recurring city funding and cost sharing with the county and school district instead.
City Council
Homewood House residents have lived with broken heat, bedbugs, and rats for more than five years. The owner's bankruptcy filing put it at risk of foreclosure, which would displace its low-income, mostly senior tenants. Now, council has voted for the city to take it over through eminent domain. A council member told the Trib that could cost about $5 million.