🧱 Bucco Bricks saga continues

🏡 Home Prices Are Up but Still ‘Affordable’

Redfin data shows that Pittsburgh-area home prices are increasing quickly — but the median home cost is still the third cheapest in the country at $250,000. [Axios Pittsburgh]

• 💸 Pittsburgh is lacking affordable housing units, and city officials are debating solutions, like the inclusionary zoning model adopted in Lawrenceville. City Controller Rachel Heisler isn’t convinced it could work city-wide. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh / Pittsburgh Business Times]

👀 City Creates More Structure for Anti-Violence Fund

City Council approved changes to Pittsburgh's Stop the Violence fund — a reserve that allocates money to city departments and community groups addressing violence, inequality, and poverty. The changes create more accountability and governance of the funds, such as using data to track causes of violence and efforts to curb them. [90.5 WESA]

✅ County Council Approves Shuman Advisory Board

County Executive Sara Innamorato’s nominees — with experience in legal, academic, and social service fields — joined an advisory board for the juvenile detention center. The facility is run by the private nonprofit Adelphoi, and under state law, the board only has the ability to advise operations; it has no enforcement power. [PublicSource / 🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]

🧱 Pirates to Replace Bucco Bricks

During renovations earlier this year, the Pirates removed thousands of commemorative bricks near the entrance to PNC Park, and fans were furious to learn some of them ended up at a recycling plant. Now, the Pirates are trying to make up for it with new bronze plaques. [TribLive]

• 🏟️ Bucco Bricks first went on sale in 1999, right before the new stadium opened, and many fans bought them to honor family members. [KDKA]

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