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Senate Democratic Caucus Policy Committee Holds Hearing Regarding Solutions for Addressing Housing Affordability

PA Senate | Sep 16, 2025

“As you know, quality affordable homeownership is one of our nation’s greatest challenges. Strong communities begin with stable residents who are invested in their neighborhoods,” said Tigano. “LEVEL is the long-term solution to creating a pathway for hardworking Pennsylvanians to attain the American Dream of owning their own home.” Tigano stated in his testimony, “LEVEL prepares communities, homeowners, and homes together. We make affordable homeownership attainable to ensure generational stability and prosperity for neighborhoods and those who live in them.”

Work begins on 9 more McKees Rocks houses as LEVEL’s Rehab for Resale Project launches

McKees Rocks Community Development Corporation | Oct 31, 2024

“We are grateful to have been invited in and welcomed by this community and its leaders,” says Jason Tigano, LEVEL’s Founder and CEO. “Years of planning and dedication are coming to fruition, here, in McKees Rocks. We are setting the precedent with a dignified and ethical pathway to owning a home. The LEVEL team sees these first ten homes as strengthening our floor, not hitting our ceiling. And we couldn’t have piloted the Rehab for Resale program with a better, more dedicated group of people.”

Thousands of affordable houses? Efforts to scale up development of for-sale homes extend beyond city.

Pittsburgh’s Public Source | Sep 25, 2023

“There’s a multitude of studies that show wealth building comes through property ownership. That is how a family, through generations, starts to build wealth, especially communities of color where redlining has prevented that from happening,” said Taris Vrcek, executive director of the McKees Rocks Community Development Corporation. “We see the high poverty and transience rates in McKees Rocks. So being able to lay down roots and create a real hometown and a community presence, the community benefits from it.”

How to empower first-time homebuyers? It’s happening in McKees Rocks

Next Pittsburgh | Aug 4, 2022

“I’m tired of not seeing revitalization happening in our communities, and when it does, there’s displacement,” says Tigano. “People tell me their stories; they can’t get a mortgage. It doesn’t make sense. If you’re living in that neighborhood, you’re somehow invested. If you’re paying rent, it’s close to a mortgage.”

Project set to bring affordable housing to McKees Rocks

CBS News | Jun 29, 2022

“Access to quality existing homes that existing community residents can afford,” Tigano said. “Access to financing from banks and lending companies so that folks can get mortgages. Access to education and resources that our buyers will need so they can not only get into properties, but they can manage these assets.”

LEVEL: Equity Buildings launches 100-unit residential project in McKees Rocks

Pittsburgh Business Times | Jun 29, 2022

First of its kind project launches in McKees Rocks

McKees Rocks Community Development Corporation | Jun 29, 2022