Tag: Josh Saal
Tapping the private sector: Could R.I. businesses provide more affordable housing...
As Martha L. Wofford stood at a construction site in Providence’s West End in August 2022, the scaffolding at the site caught her eye...
Health and Human Services chief of staff named interim R.I. housing...
PROVIDENCE – Daniel Connors will fill the role as interim secretary of housing while the search for a permanent replacement of Stefan Pryor continues,...
MAKING ROOM In the MIDDLE: R.I. struggles to create workforce housing,...
For nursing assistant Johnbray Brown, moving into a workforce-rate unit in the renovated Paragon Mill in Providence’s Olneyville neighborhood was a hard-won victory spanning...
Is Stefan Pryor the right choice to lead Rhode Island’s efforts...
Gov. Daniel J. McKee last month chose Stefan Pryor to serve as the state’s new housing secretary, replacing the embattled Josh Saal, who resigned...
State hires Saal as temporary consultant at $105 hourly rate
PROVIDENCE — Weeks after Joshua Saal resigned from a highly criticized tenure as Rhode Island's first secretary of housing, the state has signed the...
Blame shared on housing dysfunction
Throwing gobs of cash at a problem without a vetted plan and leadership to carry it out ensures both wasted time and money.
That’s where...
Pryor named new R.I. housing secretary as part of department leadership...
PROVIDENCE – The state’s former commerce secretary will now shift his attention to housing at the request of Gov. Daniel J. McKee.
The governor’s office...
Saal resigns as R.I.’s secretary of housing
PROVIDENCE – After facing months of public scrutiny and criticism from top lawmakers over his leadership of the state’s Department of Housing, Josh Saal,...
McKee administration awards $1.4M for 77 new emergency shelter beds
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee's administration on Wednesday awarded $1.4 million to fund 77 new emergency beds to increase the statewide shelter capacity...
$166 million available for affordable housing
NORTH KINGSTOWN – More than $166 million in funding is available for affordable housing efforts across the state, Gov. Daniel J. McKee announced on...
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