East Bay Community Development Corp. - Providence Business News

FORGING AHEAD: East Bay Community Development Corp. Executive Director Diane Mederos, left, and consultant Frank Spinella stand at the future site for Penny Lane, a 40-unit affordable housing project planned along Child Street in Warren. Neighbors opposed the plans, but it eventually gained approval in part because the town’s ratio of affordable housing is too low.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

MISSING THE MARK: State leaders weigh how to get cities, towns...

Cover Story 06/06/2025

The coastal town of Little Compton has long been a peaceful retreat from urban life, known for its rural landscapes, ancient stone walls and...

OPEN SPACE:  Meliza Urquhart, community manager at Paragon Mill in Providence, shows one of the new units offered at “workforce” rates for people who earn between 80% and 120% of the area’s median income. Demand in that slice of the housing market is far beyond the supply.  PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

MAKING ROOM In the MIDDLE: R.I. struggles to create workforce housing,...

Cover Story 04/28/2023

For nursing assistant Johnbray Brown, moving into a workforce-rate unit in the renovated Paragon Mill in Providence’s Olneyville neighborhood was a hard-won victory spanning...

East Bay Development Corp. buying 4.5 acres in Warren for affordable...

Real Estate 11/23/2022

WARREN – The East Bay Community Development Corp. recently announced that it received a $800,000 grant through the R.I. Housing & Mortgage Finance Corp....

Barrington expands affordable-housing options

Real Estate 09/04/2019

BARRINGTON – Palmer Pointe, a 46-unit project for low- to moderate-income renters, will celebrate its opening with a ribbon-cutting on Friday, according to a...