Johnston council backs mayor’s plan to seize affordable housing site

THE JOHNSTON TOWN COUNCIL has voted in favor of a plan to stop the proposed construction of a low-income housing development in favor of building a new public safety complex on the same spot, WPRI-TV 12 reported. / COURTESY OF TOWN OF JOHNSTON
THE JOHNSTON TOWN COUNCIL has voted in favor of a plan to stop the proposed construction of a low-income housing development in favor of building a new public safety complex on the same spot, WPRI-TV 12 reported. / COURTESY OF TOWN OF JOHNSTON

JOHNSTON – The Town Council Tuesday voted in favor of the mayor’s plan to stop the proposed construction of a low-income housing development in favor of a new public safety complex, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported.  Joseph M. Polisena Jr. intends to use eminent domain to take all 31 acres on George Waterman Road where a 252-unit

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