Tag: housing
Raimondo seeking $310.5M in housing, infrastructure bonds
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo intends to seek $310.5 million through state bonding this year for housing, infrastructure and environmental improvements – an...
Battling buyers: House hunters find fewer listings but overwhelming competition
Rhode Island has had a seller’s market for several years in single-family and multifamily homes, particularly for entry-level or median-priced houses. In the past...
A guide to surviving financially as the bills come due
The coronavirus has dealt a financial blow to millions of Americans and now April’s bills are coming due.
The good news is there is help...
Caldwell & Johnson Inc. a homegrown family enterprise
For more than a half-century, Caldwell & Johnson Inc. has followed where the house building has gone in Rhode Island.
Founded in the late 1960s,...
Senate again approves bill to prohibit housing discrimination by income source
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Senate has approved a bill that would prohibit landlords from using a lawful source of income as a basis for...
Many R.I. homebuyers displaying a modern (design) love
When you think about Rhode Island architecture, the shingle-style homes overlooking the ocean and the colonials that define streets in Providence, Newport and other...
Elorza calls for rental protections
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza publicly criticized the City Council’s finance committee this week for failing to recommend revisions to an existing ordinance...
Lack of new, affordable R.I. homes a growing problem
Richard Marcello, a homebuilder of 34 years, remembers when many new houses were under construction across Rhode Island. He started building homes with his...
State needs new direction on housing
The Great Recession is often pointed to as when construction of new single-family homes precipitously dropped, and from which the state has yet to...
Be careful with rent control
For years, thriving cities in coastal regions of the United States have become increasingly expensive to live in. As cities such as San Francisco,...
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