Tuesday, March 21, 2023

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Bristol County, Mass., median home sale price rises 0.3% in January

PROVIDENCE – The median price of single-family homes in Bristol County, Mass., sold in January was $424,000, a 0.3% increase over the same month...

Preliminary apartment plan approved despite lingering concerns

PROVIDENCE – The Providence City Plan Commission Tuesday night approved the preliminary plan for a five-story, mixed-use apartment building at 116 Waterman St., despite...
TWO RHODE ISLAND organizations, Crossroads Rhode Island and ONE Neighborhood Builders, are in line to receive a total of $315,000 in grants from the Point32Health Foundation, a joint group made up of the former Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation and Tufts Health Plan Foundation.

2 R.I. nonprofits advocating for affordable housing to receive $315K in...

PROVIDENCE – Two Rhode Island nonprofit organizations that are focused on affordable housing issues are in line to receive a total of $315,000 in...
THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION has launched an initiative to create action steps to boost housing creation and address homelessness in the state. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

RIF launches initiative to address homelessness, housing shortage

PROVIDENCE – In an effort to address the housing shortage and homelessness in the Ocean State, the Rhode Island Foundation late Friday launched an...

I-195 commission to consider another extension for Fane Tower

PROVIDENCE – The long-winded saga of the controversial Fane Tower project might be far from approaching its finish line, as the I-195 Redevelopment District...

State receives $26M in federal funding for public housing

PROVIDENCE – Housing authorities in 24 communities across the state will receive $26.3 million in federal funding through the Public Housing Capital Fund, U.S....

Is Stefan Pryor the right choice to lead Rhode Island’s efforts...

Gov. Daniel J. McKee last month chose Stefan Pryor to serve as the state’s new housing secretary, replacing the embattled Josh Saal, who resigned...
JOSH SAAL, who resigned as the state's housing secretary on Jan. 11 after some leaders expressed disappointment in his performance, has been hired as a temporary consultant by the state. / COURTESY R.I. COMMERCE CORP.

State hires Saal as temporary consultant at $105 hourly rate

PROVIDENCE — Weeks after Joshua Saal resigned from a highly criticized tenure as Rhode Island's first secretary of housing, the state has signed the...

New R.I. housing director vows more affordable developments

PROVIDENCE – A focus on housing production, addressing homelessness and building an organization to drive state-level work will serve as priority areas for newly...

Fine for unregistered short-term rental owners in R.I. not being enforced

PROVIDENCE – Short-term rental property owners who advertise their homes through websites such as Airbnb Inc. and VRBO were supposed to be fined $250...
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