Tag: Homes RI
How will R.I. use $250M to ease its housing woes?
Rhode Island has received $1.1 billion in federal money from the American Rescue Plan Act, passed in response to the economic effects of the...
Hospitality industry tries to counter labor shortage
Michael Costantino struggled to fill two full-time cook positions in May for his restaurant Costantino’s Venda Bar & Ristorante on Providence’s Federal Hill. He...
Five Questions With: Cortney Nicolato
Cortney Nicolato is the CEO and president of United Way of Rhode Island. On March 2, the affordable-housing bond was passed overwhelmingly by state...
Report: Affordable housing continues to be out of reach for many
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island may have seen economic gains in 2019, but 2020 revealed the stark disparities in housing and economic security for safe...
Bill filed to halt evictions; Ruggerio says a crisis was looming...
PROVIDENCE - Sen. William J. Conley Jr., D-East Providence, and Rep. Grace Diaz, D-Providence, filed legislation that would implement a moratorium on evictions and...
Five Questions With: Jennifer Wood
Jennifer Wood is the executive director of the Rhode Island Center for Justice, a part of a network of 80 agencies and social-service organizations...
Housing shortage focus of upcoming summit at Rhode Island College
PROVIDENCE – Housing, health and education advocates will hold a summit Dec. 11 focused on the statewide housing shortage.
The program is intended to set...
Five Questions With: Brenda Clement
Brenda Clement, the executive director of HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University, is one of the people involved in Homes RI, a new coalition...
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