Tag: affordable housing
Affordable homes grow across R.I. in 2024 with new counting method
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp. released the state’s 2024 Low and Moderate Income Housing chart with major changes to how the...
MISSING THE MARK: State leaders weigh how to get cities, towns...
The coastal town of Little Compton has long been a peaceful retreat from urban life, known for its rural landscapes, ancient stone walls and...
Communities must be all-in on affordable housing
Since the onset of the pandemic, the state has committed more than $450 million to housing initiatives.
A low-income housing tax credit program was also...
8 R.I. affordable housing projects receive $3.5M in community block grants
PROVIDENCE – More than $3.5 million in community development block grants were awarded to various housing projects across Rhode Island in what state officials...
State leaders unveil ‘Housing 2030’ with goal to create thousands of...
PROVIDENCE – For the first time since 2006, state leaders on Wednesday unveiled a comprehensive plan to address Rhode Island's housing crisis.
The central goal...
Was Johnston right to seize undeveloped land for a needed public...
The Johnston Town Council on Jan. 28 voted to seize by eminent domain 31 acres of undeveloped land where the owners had planned to...
Panel approves major changes to mixed-use affordable housing proposal
PROVIDENCE – The City Plan Commission approved major changes to a mixed-use development in the city’s South Providence neighborhood Tuesday.
Last year, Boston-based developer Marathon...
R.I.’s affordable rental housing shortage ranked ‘least severe’; advocates say more...
PROVIDENCE – A new study ranks Rhode Island's shortage of affordable rental housing less severe than other parts of the country. However, local advocates...
Whitten elected president of R.I. Association of Realtors
CHRIS WHITTEN, broker/owner of Premeer Real Estate in Smithfield and Uxbridge, Mass., was recently elected the 2025 president of the Rhode Island Association of...
Financing secured for second phase development of I-195 District’s Parcel 9
PROVIDENCE – After years of planning, the city’s I-195 District has secured the funds needed to complete the second phase of development on Parcel...
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