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We crunched numbers and traced the history of housing in Rhode Island to lay out how we got to this point.
(WJAR) — Rhode Island's housing crisis is now driving another dilemma—an increase in surrendered and abandoned pets. Animal ...
Under a new state law, dorm resident advisers and housing staff must be trained to administer the overdose-reversing drugs.
The new slate of bills builds on previous reforms and adds fresh tools to spur construction, override local zoning laws, and encourage more subsidized housing in areas like Narragansett, South ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — House Speaker Joe Shekarchi on Thursday revealed a dozen bills aimed at taking on Rhode Island’s housing crisis, a top issue lawmakers have focused on in recent ...
Census estimates indicate Rhode Island added fewer than 1,000 housing units in total last year, increasing the statewide supply of houses, condos and apartments to 488,030.
Last November, Rhode Island voters approved a $120 million housing bond to address the housing crisis that could create a public developer to build more affordable housing. As much as $10 million ...
Advocates came together to support the passage of Question 3 — an affordable housing bond that will be put before Rhode Island voters on Election Day.
Creative solutions to build more affordable housing in the United States can be found in places such as your state and your backyard.
a health care system on life support and an anemic housing market. House Speaker Joe Shekarchi said the budget needed fresh revenue to prop up primary care and Medicaid funding. “To address Rhode ...
Like many Rhode Islanders, we know firsthand the frustration of trying to secure primary care in our state. Both of us and members of our families have encountered the same obstacles that countless ...
A new law sponsored by House Commission on Housing Affordability Chairwoman June S. Speakman and Sen. Tiara T. Mack makes various improvements to Rhode Island’s Low and Moderate Income Housing Act to ...