Tag: HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University
HousingWorks Fact Book: Housing affordability in R.I. still out of reach
PROVIDENCE – While steps have been taken to address the state’s housing crisis and Rhode Island’s labor market is recovering in a strong way,...
Special commission highlights legislation aimed at addressing state’s affordable housing crisis
PROVIDENCE - A legislative commission tasked with examining affordable housing in Rhode Island highlighted a package of 11 pieces of legislation Thursday aimed at...
Five Questions With: Brenda Clement
Brenda Clement is the head of HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University, a clearing house of information furthering the conversation around housing affordability and...
2021 Housing Fact Book: Inequities, health concerns plague Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE – A growing risk on health posed by older housing stock and increasingly unaffordable options for homes in Rhode Island are furthering social...
HousingWorks RI using grants to develop 10-year plan for senior housing
PROVIDENCE – With funding from two of the state’s major health insurance companies, the nonprofit research group HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University is...
MISSING MIDDLE: R.I. focuses on finding housing for people who fall...
Certified nursing assistant Virginia Burdick works two jobs so she can afford the rent for her cramped, two-bedroom apartment in South Kingstown. Her daughter,...
EVICTION DILEMMA: Both tenants, small landlords vulnerable as crisis...
Ilanna Ball isn’t exactly a real estate tycoon – she owns two triple-deckers, a few other multifamily houses and manages another 45 rental properties...
New Housing Works Rhode Island report highlights demand for housing bond
PROVIDENCE – Although investments in housing bonds have led to the renovation or construction of 3,200 new housing units in Rhode Island in recent...
Gorbea receives Barbara C. Burlingame Distinguished Public Service Award
NELLIE M. GORBEA, Rhode Island’s secretary of state, has received the Barbara C. Burlingame Distinguished Public Service Award from the Northern Rhode Island Chamber...
Salvatore calls for Providence-based affordable-housing funding
PROVIDENCE – City Councilman David A. Salvatore on Thursday introduced a proposal that would dedicate half of the city’s real estate conveyance tax to...
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