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A nationwide coalition of organizations serving domestic violence survivors and unhoused people — including six based in ...
(Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current) A nationwide coalition of organizations ... and gender identity that impact ...
A nationwide group of anti-domestic violence organizations have sued the Trump administration in RI federal court.
Housing safety net is hanging by a thread. Soaring home prices and rents, combined with meager inventory of housing options, have made it harder to move to Rhode Island, move within Rhode Island ...
Rhode Island remains at the bottom in housing production when population is factored in. The 1,374 units approved last year are 125 for every 100,000 residents.
COMMENTARY The solution to Rhode Island’s housing crisis: Welcome more neighbors The housing crisis is affecting everyone, from new college grads to aging empty nesters to employers looking to hire.
Rhode Island,United States Joe Shekarchi politics Affordable Housing Workforce Housing (WJAR) — Top lawmakers are working to help fix the state's housing crisis.
Rhode Island has far fewer full-time employees focused on housing and homelessness than peer states. Homelessness grew in Rhode Island by nearly 50 percent from 2020 to 2022.
More than 30 years ago, Rhode Island passed a law requiring 10% of the housing supply in each city and town be "affordable." Decades later, only six communities have hit that benchmark. Sen ...
A recently passed $120 million housing bond will go before voters in November. It’s worth celebrating while also nowhere near enough, writes the director of the Rhode Island office of LISC.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — With homelessness in Rhode Island at record highs, advocates are making persistent calls for urgent solutions to the growing crisis. Experts detailed the severity of ...
“When I announced my commitment to tackling Rhode Island’s housing crisis, I commented that our housing shortage had been decades in the making and would take a sustained effort, over the ...