Tag: HousingWorks RI
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...
United Way of R.I. awards $4.5M in grants to organizations promoting...
PROVIDENCE – As part of the United Way of Rhode Island’s five-year, $100 million plan to create transformative change in the Ocean State, the nonprofit...
Five Questions With: Cortney Nicolato
Cortney Nicolato is the CEO and president of United Way of Rhode Island. On March 2, the affordable-housing bond was passed overwhelmingly by state...
President Joe Biden extends eviction and foreclosure moratoriums
PROVIDENCE – In his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders, including one that extends an existing moratorium...
Pandemic, progressives, new House leadership could put twist on contentious issues
The 2021 legislative session is shaping up to be another severe departure from the norm, with a temporary change of venue for both chambers,...
Report: Affordable housing continues to be out of reach for many
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island may have seen economic gains in 2019, but 2020 revealed the stark disparities in housing and economic security for safe...
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of R.I. awards $200K to housing...
PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has announced $200,000 in grants to five organizations that are working to raise awareness...
Housing shortage focus of upcoming summit at Rhode Island College
PROVIDENCE – Housing, health and education advocates will hold a summit Dec. 11 focused on the statewide housing shortage.
The program is intended to set...
I-195 panel moves to tackle housing dilemma
How much housing in the I-195 Redevelopment District is too much? Three of the four district parcels that have received approval for new development,...
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...
