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The McKeesport Housing Authority has filed 562 landlord/tenant cases from 2021 through early December 2023 — hundreds more than the much larger Allegheny County Housing Authority and Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh.

PublicSource and 90.5 WESA took a close look at the McKeesport agency, which last year threatened to evict 1 in 4 of its tenants.

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Small housing authority files far more evictions than larger Pittsburgh-area agencies

Local programs to help troubled tenants are largely unused by the McKeesport Housing Authority, which last year filed complaints against 1 in 4 tenants.

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