Tag: housing
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...
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...
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...
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...