Tag: affordable housing
Housing advocates encouraged by E.P.’s new live-work tax break to spur...
As more communities develop mixed-use residential developments, housing advocates say that live-work tax breaks, such as a tax exemption recently implemented for owner-occupied business...
Foulkes unveils housing plan centered around a proposed millionaires tax
PROVIDENCE – Gubernatorial candidate Helena Buonanno Foulkes on Monday introduced her comprehensive “Rhode Home Program” housing plan that would create a revolving fund to...
Woonsocket mill redevelopment adds 70 affordable housing units
WOONSOCKET – A cluster of three former mill buildings have reopened their doors as 70-units of affordable housing.
Known collectively as Millrace, the buildings offer...
In 2024, voters OK’d $120M housing bond; Gov. McKee is seeking...
Over the last two decades, Rhode Island voters have approved five bonds totaling $310 million aimed at making housing more affordable, but now Gov....
Preservation of Affordable Housing closes on financing to renovate Hillside Village
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp. and the nonprofit Preservation of Affordable Housing have closed on financing for the second-stage tax credit...
New report warns rent control could shrink Providence’s housing supply, drive...
PROVIDENCE – Rent control could reduce the number of available rental units in the city and push more costs onto homeowners, according to a...
What should state lawmakers prioritize (besides a balanced budget) in this...
State lawmakers return to work on Jan. 5 with a projected $101 million fiscal 2027 shortfall and a long list of legislative priorities to...
MINDING THE GAP: Deficit projection narrows, but fiscal risk factors...
State budget officials are projecting that the government will enter the new year facing a fiscal 2027 budget deficit of $101 million.
For Rhode Island...
Health care, affordable housing on GA’s election-year docket
Compared to last year, the $101 million fiscal 2027 shortfall facing state lawmakers as they return to work this month may be cause for...
R.I. gets $1.7M from FHLBank Boston for affordable housing efforts
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive a total of $1.7 million for affordable housing from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston that will...
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