Riverlife’s Completing the Loop Conversations assemble expert panelists to dive into topics that are essential to our riverfronts and our region. For the next conversation, Riverlife invited experts in a critical issue that impacts Pittsburgh’s riverfronts: the lack of affordable housing and its consequences.
The conversation, titled “The Housing Continuum,” recognizes the array of housing realities that people experience, including those who are unhoused and live along the rivers, along with the range of services and activities necessary to address the issue. Our panelists include public service providers working with unhoused communities in the region, private organizations working to tackle the unhoused crisis, experts in housing development, and affordable housing advocates. Individual panelists wi describe their work, and the group will discuss how it requires a combined effort to create a region where everyone is comfortably housed.
Attendees will come away understanding the complexities of this work and will have the opportunity to talk with panelists about how they can get involved to make our riverfronts and our region more welcoming to all.
Panel discussion begins at 6PM. Audience questions will take place from 7PM to 7:30PM.
Panelist
- Camila Alarcon-Chelecki, Assistant Director, Office of Community Health & Safety, City of Pittsburgh
- Erin Dalton, Director, Department of Human Services, Allegheny County
- Jerrel Gilliam, Executive Director, Light of Life Rescue Mission
- Ed Nusser, Director of Housing Strategy, Allegheny County
- Jala Rucker, Tenant organizer and longtime housing advocate
- Benjamin Talik, ROOTS program manager
