Tag: HousingWorks RI
For homebuyers, landscape grows more discouraging
One word has echoed around the residential real estate sector in Rhode Island for a while now and will continue to do so: affordability.
It’s...
Driving Forces: Brenda Clement
Brenda Clement
HousingWorks RI executive director
BRENDA CLEMENT is impatient, and with good reason.
Clement, executive director of HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University, has spent years...
PBN celebrates 40th anniversary with business community
PAWTUCKET – Providence Business News on Thursday celebrated four decades of providing business journalism to Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts at its 40th Anniversary...
Boston Fed’s Susan Collins hears from R.I. CEOs on labor shortages,...
PROVIDENCE – Boston Federal Reserve CEO and President Susan M. Collins met privately with Rhode Island business leaders earlier this month as part of...
Building permits rise, but housing crisis persists
Rhode Island has picked up the pace in issuing more building permits for new homes – crucial to easing the housing crisis – but...
Forging a new bond: Should R.I. be seeking to borrow another...
For motorists zipping by on Route 2, it’s easy to miss the Pine View Apartments in Exeter. They’re located away from the road and...
How will ‘Taylor Swift tax’ impact R.I.’s luxury real estate market?
As the Ocean State’s so-called “Taylor Swift tax” is poised to go into effect this July, observers agree that for Rhode Island’s wealthiest homeowners,...
Report: R.I. offers 54 affordable units for every 100 extremely low-income...
PROVIDENCE – For every 100 extremely low-income households, Rhode Island provides just 54 affordable and available units, according to a new report by the...
In 2024, voters OK’d $120M housing bond; Gov. McKee is seeking...
Over the last two decades, Rhode Island voters have approved five bonds totaling $310 million aimed at making housing more affordable, but now Gov....
Report: Zero R.I. communities now meet affordable housing standards
PROVIDENCE – In recent years, just one Rhode Island community offered affordable housing options to renters making a median salary. This year, not a...
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