Tag: Barbara Fields
R.I. Housing approved record $371M in loans in 2017
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp., working with a network of lenders, approved $371 million in loans to homebuyers in 2017 in...
PBN on WJAR-TV, April 30, 2018
Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break to discuss the newspaper’s most recent cover story and other...
The state needs a stronger affordable-housing law, says R.I. Housing. Executive...
R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp. is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year in a position of financial strength, says Executive Director Barbara Fields.
It...
Affordable housing is more than an inexpensive place to live
The inability of people – especially young people starting out in their careers with less than median salaries and high college debt – to...
RIH allocates $3.5M in affordable housing funds
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Housing’s board of commissioners approved the allocation of $3.5 million in Housing Trust Fund resources for two projects that will...
Trump says he’s signed spending bill, reversing veto threat
NEW YORK – President Donald Trump said he has signed a spending bill, the Fiscal Year 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Act, funding the federal government...
R.I. Housing approves $837K in low-income housing tax credits for Smithfield...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Housing Board of Commissioners approved $837,000 in 2018 low-income housing tax credits for the Georgiaville Village Green housing development in...
Five Questions With: Barbara Fields
Barbara Fields is the executive director of Rhode Island Housing. She responded recently to questions about how the federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit...
R.I. Housing allocates $3.8M in Acquisition and Revitalization funds
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Housing board of commissioners approved $3.8 million in funding to revitalize neighborhoods in Central Falls, Providence, Smithfield and Woonsocket...
R.I. Housing renews ‘First Down’ program
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island Housing announced the return of the “First Down” program along with Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza and Warwick Mayor Scott...