Housing

Renting to Immigrants in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County: 2025 - Download Guide(PDF, 773KB)

• Landlord Survey – join our list of landlords
  • General Qualities Sought in Rentals: 
    • Reasonable rent
    • Along public transportation
    • Option to bypass background check and application fee
    • Reasonable security deposit
    • Understanding that a refugee’s Social Security Number will not be available before arrival
    • Ability to pick up keys and set up the home BEFORE arrival (refugees)

Example Lease and Glossary:

In addition to the program information, our team has created an example lease and housing glossary in English along with translations of each in ten additional languages, to assist in clear communication between you and your tenants.

Please note: If you choose to make changes to the documents, you will want to have a qualified translator updated the translated version as well. To learn more, here are links to the: 

• Example Lease - English(PDF, 168KB)
• Translated Example Leases(ZIP, 541KB)
• Translated Housing Glossaries(ZIP, 2MB)

 

last updated: 11/05/2025