Tag: Jennifer Wood
Does ‘Homeless Bill of Rights’ need an update?
Rhode Island’s adoption of a “Homeless Bill of Rights” may have won state leaders praise when it was passed in 2012, but the weakness...
Housing crisis putting eviction law in spotlight
Most of Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza’s peers at Harvard Law School weren’t interested in eviction defense work.
The pay was low. Elorza, who worked...
Five Questions With: Jennifer Wood
Jennifer Wood is the executive director of the Rhode Island Center for Justice, a Providence-based nonprofit that provides legal services for residents with low...
Bill filed to halt evictions; Ruggerio says a crisis was looming...
PROVIDENCE - Sen. William J. Conley Jr., D-East Providence, and Rep. Grace Diaz, D-Providence, filed legislation that would implement a moratorium on evictions and...
Five Questions With: Jennifer Wood
Jennifer Wood is the executive director of the Rhode Island Center for Justice, a part of a network of 80 agencies and social-service organizations...
Socially responsible retailing on College Hill
Every time someone buys a product at a new Providence retail store, something good is happening across the globe.
The concept behind Impact Everything LLC,...
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