Tag: Brenda Clement
No one should be ‘without a place to call home’
FOR MANY RHODE ISLANDERS, economic stability relies substantially on the cost and location of their housing.
A healthy, well-functioning housing market balances the needs for...
Driving Forces: Brenda Clement
Brenda Clement
HousingWorks RI executive director
BRENDA CLEMENT is impatient, and with good reason.
Clement, executive director of HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University, has spent years...
PBN celebrates 40th anniversary with business community
PAWTUCKET – Providence Business News on Thursday celebrated four decades of providing business journalism to Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts at its 40th Anniversary...
Building permits rise, but housing crisis persists
Rhode Island has picked up the pace in issuing more building permits for new homes – crucial to easing the housing crisis – but...
R.I. ramps up homebuilding as affordability crisis lingers, latest state snapshot...
Rhode Island’s push to build new homes has gained traction over the last year, but the affordability of existing housing stock still remains a...
Forging a new bond: Should R.I. be seeking to borrow another...
For motorists zipping by on Route 2, it’s easy to miss the Pine View Apartments in Exeter. They’re located away from the road and...
How will ‘Taylor Swift tax’ impact R.I.’s luxury real estate market?
As the Ocean State’s so-called “Taylor Swift tax” is poised to go into effect this July, observers agree that for Rhode Island’s wealthiest homeowners,...
Report: R.I. offers 54 affordable units for every 100 extremely low-income...
PROVIDENCE – For every 100 extremely low-income households, Rhode Island provides just 54 affordable and available units, according to a new report by the...
In 2024, voters OK’d $120M housing bond; Gov. McKee is seeking...
Over the last two decades, Rhode Island voters have approved five bonds totaling $310 million aimed at making housing more affordable, but now Gov....
PBN unveils 2026 Book of Lists
PROVIDENCE – Representatives from a cross section of Rhode Island’s business and nonprofit sectors spent Thursday evening at the Graduate by Hilton Providence networking...
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