Homelessness grew in Rhode Island by nearly 50 percent over the last four years, and by 20 percent in just the last year, according to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. Those numbers, considered by many at homeless shelters in Rhode Island, are low, with the real number, homeless advocates say, more like […]
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Affordable Housing remains elusive, as residents in one nearby town reject plan for mixed rent project
Stonington, CT — While most polls show that Americans strongly favor providing safe and affordable housing for all citizens, sometimes, when that prospect is in your neighborhood, opinions change. Take the case of Rhode Island’s 39 cities and towns and a state “mandate” that each city and town strive to assure that at least 10 […]
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New research shows housing affordability continues to evade many Rhode Islanders
The 2018 Housing Fact Book released today by HousingWorks RI (HWRI) at Roger Williams University reveals that housing affordability remains a critical problem across the state and its cities and towns. More than 145,000 Rhode Island households—or 35 percent—are housing cost burdened, spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing. Of mortgaged households with incomes […]
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Podcast: From homeless to a soon-to-be college graduate, the Joe Glennon story
Westerly, RI – On any given day in Rhode Island, there are more than 1,000 men, women, and children living in emergency shelters, cars, train stations, struggling simply to survive. Joe Glennon was one of them, until he turned his life around. There was a time when Joe would call his car his home, a […]