Tag: Stefan Pryor
State to purchase former Charlesgate Nursing Center for nearly $7M
The purchase price for the state to buy the former Charlesgate Nursing Center to convert into temporary housing for homeless families is $6.95 million,...
Construction begins on Frenchtown Road Apartments in East Greenwich
EAST GREENWICH – Developers and project partners recently celebrated the groundbreaking of the planned Frenchtown Road Apartments at 655 Frenchtown Road.
The mixed-income, multifamily development...
R.I. Department of Housing awards $10M to bolster winter homeless services,...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Housing on Wednesday awarded $10 million to 27 organizations to prevent and respond to homelessness through the first...
Advocates celebrate McKee’s signing of housing legislation
WARWICK – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Wednesday ceremoniously signed the legislative package passed by the General Assembly in June and led by House Speaker...
Housing advocates pleased with legislative strides, but are they enough?
With this year’s legislative session over and the $14 billion fiscal 2024 budget settled, the state's top housing official and affordable housing advocates say...
Point In Time census results show R.I. housing crisis going from...
PROVIDENCE – The number of unsheltered Rhode Islanders nearly quadrupled over the last four years, according to the results of a recent census released...
McKee unveils budget proposals to spur housing across state
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee and Secretary of Housing Stefan Pryor on Friday announced a package of housing proposals, which include a low-income...
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...
Businesses can play key role in boosting workforce housing
Could so-called “tiny homes” help solve Rhode Island’s affordable housing shortage? One business owner, VIBCO Inc. CEO and President Karl Wadensten, thinks so. He’s...
Crossroads R.I., state officials cut ribbon on new apartments for homeless...
WARWICK – A former convent building for St. Benedict Church on Beach Avenue has formally been converted into new apartments for families experiencing homelessness.
Additionally,...
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