Tag: housing
Affordable housing a must-have for R.I.
Even as Providence attracts high-end investments, the region needs broad-based advances, too.From new housing units to a brand-new food market, the city is drawing...
Tackling housing affordability
As the political winds appear to be shifting in Democrats’ favor after an eight-year electoral cycle dominated by Republicans, expect a renewed push to...
Which of these areas of infrastructure investment do you think is...
The second Rhode Island Infrastructure Summit will take place on Sept. 17, and the topic it will take on is an important one for...
Housing is back, but the American dream isn’t?
The housing market has made a remarkable – if partial – recovery since the disaster that befell it 10 years ago. In the years...
Report: Providence ranks among most expensive student rents in world
PROVIDENCE – Providence is the sixth-most expensive place for students to find accommodations in the world, according to a report published by Student.com.The...
Housing will get even less affordable
The United States housing sector has mostly recovered from the subprime mortgage-led collapse. The homeownership rate has started rising again, to 64.2 percent from...
Fung’s back! Do voters share his despair over the state’s direction?
Allan W. Fung, the nine-year mayor of Cranston, has launched a second campaign for governor, once again targeting now-incumbent Gina M. Raimondo, and pointing...
Smaller households, bigger houses
The average U.S. household is 24 percent (or 0.82 people) smaller than it was in the early 1960s. This downtrend has flattened out a...
Fields improves how R.I. Housing fosters community, opportunity
Industry Leader, Social Services | Barbara Fields, R.I. HousingWhile Barbara Fields may not remember the exact moment she decided what she wanted to...
Providence should not let past strangle its future potential
By rejecting the Fain Organization’s proposed changes to zoning in the Interstate 195 Redevelopment District, the Providence City Plan Commission seems to be more...
