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Affordable homes grow across R.I. in 2024 with new counting method

PROVIDENCE – R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp. released the state’s 2024 Low and Moderate Income Housing chart with major changes to how the...
FORGING AHEAD: East Bay Community Development Corp. Executive Director Diane Mederos, left, and consultant Frank Spinella stand at the future site for Penny Lane, a 40-unit affordable housing project planned along Child Street in Warren. Neighbors opposed the plans, but it eventually gained approval in part because the town’s ratio of affordable housing is too low. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

MISSING THE MARK: State leaders weigh how to get cities, towns...

The coastal town of Little Compton has long been a peaceful retreat from urban life, known for its rural landscapes, ancient stone walls and...

R.I.’s affordable rental housing shortage ranked ‘least severe’; advocates say more...

PROVIDENCE – A new study ranks Rhode Island's shortage of affordable rental housing less severe than other parts of the country. However, local advocates...
Chris Whitten

Whitten elected president of R.I. Association of Realtors

CHRIS WHITTEN, broker/owner of Premeer Real Estate in Smithfield and Uxbridge, Mass., was recently elected the 2025 president of the Rhode Island Association of...

More eviction filings have these nonprofit legal services laboring

Lawyer Steven S. Flores and his staff at the Housing Law Center at Rhode Island Legal Services Inc. are busy these days, and many...

Providence simplifies application and review process for owner-occupied property tax

PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley’s administration has unveiled a new and improved online application portal for homeowners to secure owner-occupied tax rates from...
IN PROGRESS: The nonprofit SWAP Inc. (Stop Wasting Abandoned Property) is building this two-family house at Burnside and Arnold streets in East Providence to sell to a family that meets income limits. Supporters of Question 3 on the ballot say similar affordable housing programs will be funded with a $120 million bond issue. 
PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

BUILDING BONDS: New housing, higher ed facilities top $343M in bond...

In Rhode Island, $107,452 won’t get residents very far in the housing market. That figure – the state’s median household income – doesn’t support an...

HousingWorks RI: Affordable housing scarce across entire state

And then there were none. Two years ago, households earning under $100,000 a year could afford to buy a home in 14 of Rhode Island’s...
Kyle Bennett

Bennett receives Sojourner House Impact Award

KYLE BENNETT, the senior director of policy and equity at United Way of Rhode Island Inc., was recently honored by Sojourner House with the...
INCREASED INCOME: West Greenwich Town Administrator Kevin Breene says the future is in the trades for anyone interested in increasing their income.
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ELIZABETH GRAHAM

CHASING WEALTH: Incomes in some R.I. communities have climbed in last...

Kevin Breene’s family history in West Greenwich goes back 11 generations, beginning when the rural hamlet had a few hundred residents and was one...
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