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EVOLVING MIX: Housing and open space, including the 195 District Park, seen above, are prominent in the I-195 Redevelopment District. But more commercial development is still possible on 7 acres of available land. 
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Fiscally healthier city will help spur private investment

Housing was never expected to be at the forefront of development in Providence’s I-195 Redevelopment District. Back in 2011, then-Mayor Angel Taveras called the newly...

State leaders unveil ‘Housing 2030’ with goal to create thousands of...

PROVIDENCE – For the first time since 2006, state leaders on Wednesday unveiled a comprehensive plan to address Rhode Island's housing crisis. The central goal...

Vacation home trends add to Mass. housing crunch 

When Alisa Magnotta first got her place in Orleans, she did what many a Cape Cod resident might do in the prime vacation months:...

Echo Village homeless pallet shelters to open Feb. 11

PROVIDENCE – The 45-unit pallet-shelter community to temporarily house some of Rhode Island’s homeless population will finally open Feb. 11 after regulatory issues plagued...
PETER H. CHAPMAN has been named ONE Neighborhood Builders' new CEO and president. / COURTESY ONE NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDERS

ONE Neighborhood Builders names Chapman new CEO, president

PROVIDENCE – Peter H. Chapman, a community and economic development leader and strategist who has leveraged billions in investments in several major U.S. cities...

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...
PRE-FAB HOMES: A crane moves a pre-manufactured housing unit into place on Bowdoin Street in Providence during ONE Neighborhood Builders’ construction of an eight-unit apartment house, which was completed in 2022. 

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R.I. has fallen behind in use of manufactured homes

As a housing crisis continues to rage throughout the U.S., a recent report notes that more residents are willing to live in nontraditional quarters...
Michelle Wilcox

Now is the time R.I. must invest in housing, communities

Unsheltered homelessness in Rhode Island has surged nearly 400% over the last five years. In my 30 years of working in housing and homeless...

Rockland Trust loans nearly $10M for Fall River mill conversion to...

FALL RIVER – Property developer Cordeiro Properties has secured financing totaling nearly $10 million Rockland Trust Co. to convert three floors of a 146-year-old...

RIPEC: R.I.’s investment in affordable housing falls short

Record amounts of attention and funding only made a dent in Rhode Island’s housing crisis, with more than 24,000 units of income-restricted housing still...
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