Tag: RentReliefRI
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: Mikalai Zhukavets
As a leasing director for the Pawtucket-based Nexus Property Management LLC since 2017, Mikalai Zhukavets is on the front lines of the residential rental...
RentReliefRI to close to new applications June 1
PROVIDENCE – With allocated funding nearing its end, the RentReliefRI program will close to new applications at the end of the day on June...
RentReliefRI assistance program reaches $100M distribution milestone
PROVIDENCE – The state’s RentReliefRI program has surpassed $100 million in rental and utility assistance distributed to Rhode Islanders in need who have been...
At court, tenants facing eviction find ‘heartbreak hallway’
The third-floor hallway of the Garrahy Judicial Complex in Providence was choked on a recent Thursday morning with tired-looking families, upset mothers with baby...
Study: More than 25% of R.I. renters at risk of losing...
PROVIDENCE – With the end coming soon for a federal moratorium on evictions – a measure put in place amid the coronavirus pandemic –...
Five Questions With: Christine Hunsinger
Christine Hunsinger is the chief strategy and innovation officer for the R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp. She explained what the new RentReliefRI program...
Will Rhode Island’s $200M for rent aid be enough?
A federal freeze on most evictions enacted last year has been extended from June 30 until July 31. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers...
State must do better on rent relief
Getting financial help to people struggling to keep up with rent and other bills in a pandemic isn’t easy, but the state needs to...
McKee: R.I. needs to ‘up our game’ on approving rent relief...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has more than $352 million available for landlords whose renters have fallen behind on payments, and for renters to pay...