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In this newsletter: Our higher education reporter Emma Folts examines how, at some Pittsburgh universities, students are taking on larger amounts of private debt than others nationwide.

While Alleghany County has a staggering concentration of residents 65 and over, the standard retirement, many aging Pittsburghers choose to continue in the workforce.

Also, a look into the team of city employees — composed of firefighters and sometimes medics and social workers — who respond to 911 "high utilizers."

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Private loans can be risky. At some Pittsburgh universities, students are borrowing more than others nationwide.

At some Pittsburgh universities, more students are taking on larger amounts of private debt than others nationwide. That raises questions about the affordability of these institutions and the financial guidance students receive, and it means more students are borrowing with fewer protections.

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For older Pittsburghers still in the workforce, ‘thriving’ is tied to community and purpose

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A team of City of Pittsburgh employees — a small group of firefighters and sometimes medics and social workers — make weekly trips around the city, meeting with "high utilizers" — people who rely on 911 for access to care. The team forms relationships with the patients that last anywhere from several days to many months.
Pittsburgh’s housing authority is attempting to overhaul a Section 8 voucher program beset by problems of delayed payments and blamed for displacement of housing-insecure households.
Pittsburgh City Council approved a long-awaited tri-party agreement with the city’s Land Bank and the Urban Redevelopment Authority and, in doing so, backed off its plans to secure a high level of council oversight over the land bank’s transactions.

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