Tag: affordable housing
Voters need to start seeing better ROI on housing
Voters on Nov. 5 will be asked to make Rhode Island’s biggest investment in affordable housing to date, a $120 million bond request that...
RIPEC: R.I.’s investment in affordable housing falls short
Record amounts of attention and funding only made a dent in Rhode Island’s housing crisis, with more than 24,000 units of income-restricted housing still...
RIPTA, Pennrose partner on transit services for affordable housing residents
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority has formed a unique partnership with a developer to help residents of affordable housing access transportation.
Pennrose...
Developer unveils plans to build 900 residential units in Coventry
COVENTRY – A developer wants to construct about 900 residential units in an undeveloped area of the Centre of New England, a sprawling commercial...
Do you agree with Cranston’s clampdown on homeless encampments?
Cranston Mayor Ken Hopkins has signed an executive order allowing police to remove homeless encampments.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island on Aug....
Private sector can help R.I. boost affordable housing
Some of the nation’s biggest corporations directly contribute to affordable housing development across the country.
But as this week’s cover story reports, such investments have...
Bennett receives Sojourner House Impact Award
KYLE BENNETT, the senior director of policy and equity at United Way of Rhode Island Inc., was recently honored by Sojourner House with the...
Developers to appeal rejection of affordable housing plan in Westerly
WESTERLY – After months of consideration, the town Planning Board unanimously voted to deny master plan approval of a 2,300-unit affordable housing development on...
Uneven rise in home prices shows housing inequities
It’s no secret that home prices have been rising ever higher across housing-starved Rhode Island.
But a PBN analysis of median single-family home sales shows...
Groundbreaking ceremony held for ONE Neighborhood Builders’ affordable housing project
PROVIDENCE – State and local leaders gathered Friday to break ground on ONE Neighborhood Builders’ affordable housing development in Federal Hill.
The project, dubbed The...
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