RHODE ISLAND will receive $24.8 million from the most recent rounds of several HUD community grant programs. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER
PROVIDENCE – On Thursday U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., announced $24.8 million in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants for Rhode Island. The grants include funds from the Community Development Block Grant program, the Home Investment Partnership program, or HOME grants, the Emergency Shelter Grant program and the Housing Opportunities for Persons with…