Tag: affordable housing
McKee and R.I. Housing make $60.5M available for building affordable housing
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee and the R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp. announced Friday the availability of more than $60 million in...
Do you believe state leaders are finally on the right path...
A House commission on March 10 unveiled an 11-bill package designed to take additional steps to address the state's affordable housing crisis.
The legislation call...
Special commission highlights legislation aimed at addressing state’s affordable housing crisis
PROVIDENCE - A legislative commission tasked with examining affordable housing in Rhode Island highlighted a package of 11 pieces of legislation Thursday aimed at...
TD Charitable Foundation awards $325K to 2 R.I. nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – A pair of Rhode Island nonprofits on March 7 received grants totaling $325,000 from the TD Charitable Foundation's 16th annual Housing for...
Disasters hurt affordable housing most
The tornadoes and wildfires that devastated communities from Kentucky to Colorado in the final weeks of 2021 left thousands of people displaced or homeless....
Crossroads R.I. hopes Warwick renovation project is blueprint to create more...
WARWICK – On Wednesday, representatives and residents from Crossroads Rhode Island, as well as state and local elected officials, broke walls down at the...
Employee housing proposal on state’s radar for consideration by General Assembly
PROVIDENCE – An employee housing proposal birthed by a local manufacturer has caught the attention of Gov. Daniel J. McKee and Rhode Island’s legislative...
Employee housing proposal sparks thoughts of mill villages
RICHMOND – Warren Fry’s housing situation became a nightmare when a pesky neighbor caused him to move out of his apartment in Westerly where...
Parking-heavy 178-unit apartment project OK’d by Providence commission
PROVIDENCE – While members of the public and several commissioners expressed concerns about an overabundance of parking, and a few wished there could be...
Blue Cross receives philanthropy award from Rhode Island Foundation
MICHELLE LEDERBERG is the executive vice president, chief legal officer and chief administrative officer at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, which...
