HNRI Press Releases
Governor McKee Announces Over $11 Million in Grants to 27 Nonprofit Agencies to Address Homelessness in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee today announced that his Administration is allocating over $11 million in resources from the Consolidated Homeless Fund (CHF) to 27 nonprofit agencies to assist Rhode Islanders who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of homelessness. CHF brings together various funding sources, including local, state, and federal dollars, in a single coordinated effort to support homeless programs…
Pawtucket Central Falls Development to repurpose two buildings. Here’s the plan
PAWTUCKET — A nonprofit agency plans to turn a vacant medical building formerly owned by the state into apartments, half of them at below-market rents.
Pawtucket Central Falls Development was chosen by the city to redevelop two properties into affordable housing. The city bought the medical building at 160 Beechwood Ave. from the state for $400,000 following an auction by the city in November that set the purchase price. The city also bought a single-family home on Owen Avenue.
The organization is still working on plans for 15,000-square-foot office building as it prepares to buy it from Pawtucket by the end of summer. The building could reopen as housing as early as 2024, if “everything lines up just right,” Executive Director Linda Weisinger said.
The current vision is 50% affordable housing, including a portion for those making no more than 30% of the area median income — $20,000 for a single person or $29,000 for a family of four — and the rest either market rate or restricted to people at a higher percentage of the median income, Real Estate Development Director Andrew Pierson said…
Bills to address housing crisis signed into law
STATE HOUSE – The House of Representatives’ package of 10 bills to address the state’s housing crisis has been signed into law. The legislation was backed by House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi and Rep. June S. Speakman, chairwoman of the Special Legislative Commission to Study the Rhode Island Low and Moderate Income Housing Act…
What People Are Saying About the Signing of the Historic FY2023 State Budget
RHODE ISLAND, June 28 – On June 27, Governor Dan McKee signed the FY 2023 State budget, making crucial investments to maintain Rhode Island’s economic momentum. The budget makes historic investments to address the housing crisis and strengthen Rhode Island’s economy while providing targeted tax relief to families, veterans and local businesses…
Assembly approves bills to help address housing crisis
STATE HOUSE – The General Assembly today approved a package of 10 bills to address the state’s housing crisis. The legislation was backed by House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi and Rep. June S. Speakman, chairwoman of the Special Legislative Commission to Study the Rhode Island Low and Moderate Income Housing Act…
‘Just getting more and more dire’: Senate panel weighs ‘bold’ affordable housing proposal
Miguel Martínez Youngs is nearly 30.
Normally, at this stage of life, he and his friends would be talking about buying houses, he told the Senate Committee on Housing and Municipal Governance.
But instead, he said, their conversations tend to center around questions like, “Has your rent gone up? How much?”…
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