Tag: HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University
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...
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,...
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