Resource Center

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The Hilltop Alliance has gathered information, resources and partners under the umbrella of the Keeping Homes on the Hilltop Resource Center. Located at the Hilltop Alliance office at 126 Brownsville Road, the Center is designed to assist current and future Hilltop homeowners, renters, and property owners. Contact the Resource Center at 412-586-5807 or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Keeping Homes on the Hilltop Resource Center offerings:

Information/Referral:

Action Housing Weatherization Program + Energy Saving Programs + Mortgage Foreclosure Assistance
Bank mortgage and home repair financing programs
Brashear Association Programs (LIHEAP, etc.)
Nazareth Housing Inc. Home Repair Loan and Grant Program
NeighborWorks Financial/Budgeting Assistance + Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention Assistance
Community Design Center of Pittsburgh RenPlan Program (provides affordable consultations with architects, landscape architects, and interior designers to homeowners who are planning improvements).
Rebuilding Together Pittsburgh Senior Homeowner Repair/Rehab URA/City/Allegheny County Programs – tax abatement, low interest mortgage, home improvement, side yard sale

Initiatives the Center sponsors:

Marketing of URA and City-owned property
Bank Sponsored Home Buyer Workshops - Grant money for closing costs; Affordable mortgages and down payment options; Programs to help public housing residents, section 8 and renters become homeowners; Counseling programs to strengthen and restore credit; free credit report and evaluation
“311” Problem Property reporting
“Tenants Rights Toolkit” with Housing Alliance of PA
Vacant building assessment assistance (condemnation, demolition) with PCRG and the Community Design Center of Pittsburgh
Community Greening - Clean-Up, Green Up, Gardening programs
Green Tool Box Assessment with Western PA Conservancy, GTECH, Student Conservation Corps
Keeping Homes on the Hilltop Home, Garden and Park Tour
Grow Pittsburgh

Other Activities:

With PNCIS assistance, mapping /monitoring of vacant properties, foreclosures, tax delinquencies, blight, investor-owned properties, etc.
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