Tag: HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University
Housing crisis needs champions
Buyers with incomes under $50,000 can no longer afford a home anywhere in the state, according to the 2019 Housing Fact Book issued by...
Rhode Island homes unaffordable to more buyers and renters
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Islanders are stretched thin in trying to afford either rental homes or purchase their own houses.
The 2019 Housing Fact Book found...
Five Questions With: Eric L. Hirsch
Eric L. Hirsch, a professor of sociology at Providence College, recently released a report through HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University that focused on...
R.I. urged to create more ‘deeply affordable’ apartments to counter homelessness
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has an increasing number of homeless individuals and families and will need to build as many as 2,500 truly affordable...
Report identifies Providence neighborhoods experiencing gentrification pressure
PROVIDENCE — The city has several neighborhoods that have experienced gentrification pressure between 2000 and 2015, according to a new study by HousingWorks RI...
One-in-three households with mortgage cost-burdened in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – More than one-in-three households in Rhode Island with a mortgaged property are housing cost-burdened, and the rate rises to one-in-two for renters,...
