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WDC’s Shea earns Smith Award from Housing Network of Rhode Island

FRANK SHEA, executive director of Women’s Development Corp., a Providence-based organization that develops low-income housing, recently received the 2025 Francis H. Smith Award from...
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. 
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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...

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...

A state-run revolving fund could redefine public housing in R.I.

The phrase “public housing” conjures up visions of rundown, barracks-style buildings that increase crime and sink property values in otherwise idyllic neighborhoods.  But creativity comes...
OPEN-­ENDED: Kristen Regine, right, a real estate agent and professor of marketing at Johnson & Wales University, holds an open house for a client in Richmond. Regine says changes to the broker commission system will have ripple effects on the real estate industry, but just what effects remains to be seen. 
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Settled lawsuits may have impact on house sales

It’s long been the case that when a homeowner in Rhode Island is ready to sell and hires a Realtor, it’s taken for granted...
ONE OF THE PLANS for the Winnapaug Country Club is to build 2,300 residential unit in 90 buildings on the Westerly golf course. / SCREENSHOT OF WINN PROPERTIES LLC FILING

In Westerly, a choice: golf resort or housing development

Two vastly different redevelopment proposals for the Winnapaug Country Club in Westerly – one creating a golf resort, the other a 2,300-unit housing development...

R.I. Department of Housing awards $10M to bolster winter homeless services,...

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Housing on Wednesday awarded $10 million to 27 organizations to prevent and respond to homelessness through the first...
HOUSING LEADER: Anne Berman, director of real estate for the R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp., recently received the 2023 Joseph A. Caffey Award from the Housing Network of Rhode Island. At left is former R.I. Superior Court Associate Justice Edward C. Clifton. 
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Berman awarded for community development leadership

ANNE BERMAN, director of real estate for the R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp., received the 2023 Joseph A. Caffey Award from the Housing...
MEET THE MAYOR: Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley will be part of the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce community conversation on June 1. 
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Editor’s Choice: Providence Chamber to hold conversation with Smiley

EDITOR’S CHOICE Providence Chamber to hold conversation with Smiley THE GREATER PROVIDENCE Chamber of Commerce will hold a conversation event with Providence Mayor Brett...
ON THE ROAD: The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators will hold its 2023 Region 1 Conference at the R.I. Convention Center on May 25. 
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Editor’s Choice: Motor vehicle association to hold conference May 25

EDITOR’S CHOICE Motor vehicle association to hold conference May 25 THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION of Motor Vehicle Administrators will hold its 2023 Region 1 Conference,...
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