Tag: HousingWorks RI
As investment boosts city neighborhoods, can developers avoid displacing the poor?
Twenty years ago, Jeffrey Kerkhoff opened a floral studio in a narrow backroom of an upholstery business on Broadway, on the west side of...
Affordable housing a must-have for R.I.
Even as Providence attracts high-end investments, the region needs broad-based advances, too.From new housing units to a brand-new food market, the city is drawing...
Housing affordability is getting worse in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island housing has become significantly less affordable to many state residents over the past year, due to rising real estate values...
RWU students map out possible R.I. transit-development locales
BRISTOL – Months of collaboration and partnership with Grow Smart Rhode Island and HousingWorks RI culminated in mid-May when Roger Williams University students presented...
Five Questions With: Brenda Clement
Brenda Clement is the director of HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University, and recently completed a nine-year term on the National Low Income Housing...
Can more housing stop gentrification?
If neighborhoods in Providence are experiencing gentrification, as a recent report suggests, what can reasonably be done to help existing residents stay in their...
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...
Affordable housing is more than an inexpensive place to live
The inability of people – especially young people starting out in their careers with less than median salaries and high college debt – to...
United Way honors McFarland for leading RICCA
When it comes to giving in Rhode Island, there may be no more powerful force than the Rhode Island Community Action Association. But its...
Five Questions With: Brenda Clement
Brenda Clement is the director of HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University, which this week released its 2017 Housing Fact Book, an annual barometer...
