Tag: affordable housing
Pawtucket officials hail state’s $21.1M investment in Tidewater housing construction
PAWTUCKET – Mayor Donald R. Grebien on Monday hailed $21.1 million in state funding to help build 76 affordable apartments planned as part of...
Foulkes: R.I. needs new leader to make an abrupt course correction
Helena Buonanno Foulkes says she’s used the last four years wisely.
Foulkes came within 3,500 votes of unseating incumbent Gov. Daniel J. McKee in the...
Rhode Island grants $38.7M to help produce 147 affordable homes
PROVIDENCE – The state on Thursday awarded $38.7 million that will support the production of 147 affordable homes across Rhode Island.
The funding, announced by Gov. Daniel...
Report: Providence housing construction nearly doubles in FY2026
PROVIDENCE – The city nearly doubled the number of new homes brought online in fiscal 2026, with 988 residential units receiving certificates of occupancy,...
Morales: Residents facing hardships need ‘bold action’ from City Hall
It was 2020 when David Morales, then 22, was elected as the state representative for District 7, making him the youngest Latino state legislator...
Housing Is economic infrastructure, and Congress has finally started treating it...
For years, New England employers have identified one challenge that cuts across nearly every industry: our region is not building enough homes to meet...
Election26: Morales puts affordability at center of mayoral bid
(Editor's note: This is the second story in an occasional series speaking with Providence mayoral candidates about their vision for the city's economy, housing...
Do you support the proposed $25M Providence affordable housing bond that...
Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley is backing a proposed $25M affordable housing bond that will appear on the November city ballot?
The mayor says it...
R.I. has everything needed to make great sales pitch
We are all both proud of our state and sometimes critical of various sectors that can be improved. I have long been somewhere between...
Election26: Providence mayoral candidates debate housing, public safety
PROVIDENCE – Housing affordability was the defining divide Tuesday as incumbent Mayor Brett P. Smiley and state Rep. David Morales offered competing visions for...
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