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Press Mentions 2022
PCFD, Foster Forward: Central Falls receives funds to revitalize vacant property | Valley Breeze
Crossroads RI: RI housing crisis; reporter roundtable | WPRI 12
Women’s Development Corp.: West Warwick HEZ wins grant for housing initiative | Kent County Daily Times
Crossroads RI, Amos House, United Way RI: Life in a Motel 6 brings hope to homeless people. Until the money runs out | Boston Globe
ONE Neighborhood Builders: Non-profit expands affordable housing in Providence | NBC 10
Housing Network of RI & South County Habitat for Humanity: Despite unprecedented federal dollars, housing advocates say R.I. still isn’t designating enough funds to build, preserve units | Boston Globe | PDF version here.
HousingWorks RI, Housing Network RI, ONE NB, RICEH, PCFD, RIHousing: Local control at issue as commission unveils plan to address RI housing crisis | Providence Journal
Crossroads RI: Advocates for homeless say more funds needed in Rhode Island | NBC 10
RI Coalition to End Homelessness & NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley: ‘Redlining never really went away’: Black Rhode Islanders still face racism when buying a home | Boston Globe
South County Habitat for Humanity: Family gets ‘dream’ home in Exeter, nonprofit says housing work needs to continue | NBC 10
Crossroads RI & RIHousing: Crossroads Rhode Island starts housing renovation project | ABC 6 News
Childhood Lead Action Project: City lead pipe replacement complaint alleges Civil Rights Act violation | Brown Daily Herald
HousingWorks RI: Inflation takes aim at rents in vicious cycle with no clear end in sight | Providence Journal
Homes RI: Hundreds of millions in APRA funds wasted in McKee budget | Uprise RI
Press Mentions 2021
Central Falls steps up housing code enforcement to prevent lead poisoning | Public’s Radio
As Rhode Island tries to address its housing crisis, millions meant to improve the situation remain unspent| Public’s Radio
Warwick woman credits homeless diversion program for keeping her off the streets | WPRI 12
Former Memorial Hospital to open as emergency shelter for homeless | NBC 10
Governor McKee takes a helter-skelter approach to combatting homelessness | Uprise RI
McKee: Former Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket, Providence nursing home to shelter homeless | Providence Journal
Former Memorial Hospital to harbor homeless as RI expands emergency shelter capacity | WPRI 12
Activists are sleeping in tents at the RI State House. Why they want action on homelessness | Providence Journal
Providence Allocates $500K to Addresses Homelessness | AP News
McKee appoints ‘housing czar’ to address crisis of home affordability in RI | Providence Journal
Five Questions with Michelle Wilcox | PBN
A Warwick hotel is housing the homeless this winter. Here’s why neighbors aren’t happy about it | WPRI 12
‘We’re losing IQ points’: the lead poisoning crisis unfolding among US children | NPR
City Council Wants Providence and State to Get Serious About Homelessness Crisis | Eco News RI
Some non-profits say COVID-19 federal relief money can help now as funds remain untapped | NBC 10 News
Candidate says she’ll sleep in tent outside State House until homeless crisis ‘resolved’ | Providence Journal
Opinion/Santilli: The future of homelessness will be decided this winter | Providence Journal
R.I. approves nearly $31m for affordable housing, creating and preserving more than 600 units | Boston Globe
Survey: 28% of Rhode Island renters struggle to pay housing bills | Providence Business News
Nearly 30 percent of renters in Rhode Island can’t keep up with their rent | Boston Globe
After fighting addiction, abuse and homelessness, three women and their children find hope — and a home | Boston Globe
From her view as lieutenant governor of the smallest state, housing policy changes are needed country-wide | Boston Globe
Preservation without Gentrification? PPS charts a new course | Uprise RI
‘Locked out’: Poor Rhode Islanders face unnecessary barriers to subsidized housing, study says | Boston Globe
Providence removes West End encampment days earlier than planned | Boston Globe
Advocates: McKee’s affordable housing request not enough to fix problem | The Center Square
They aged out of the R.I. foster care system, and are struggling to find stable housing | Boston Globe
Direct Action for Rights and Equality rallies against evictions and for housing | Uprise RI
Housing Hurdles (video series) | WPRI
Rhode Island’s attorney general is taking landlords who fail to fix lead hazards to court | Public’s Radio
Providence residents protest eviction alongside community group DARE | Brown Herald
With winter closing in, R.I. homelessness crisis keeps getting worse | Boston Globe
She took her daughter and ran from an abusive relationship. Now they’re homeless | Boston Globe
‘There’s nothing’: Warwick mom on the brink of homelessness struggles to find affordable housing | WPRI 12
City orders Providence homeless encampment to vacate by Nov. 1 |Boston Globe
Should Rhode Island Spend $500M on Affordable Housing? | GoLocalProv Business Team
Where did all the homes go? RI faces a crisis in housing | Providence Journal
Advocates call on R.I. to use $500m of federal dollars on housing | Boston Globe
A roof — and groceries, too, sustain homeless folks as RI agencies join forces to deliver | Providence Journal
HousingWorks RI using grants to develop 10-year plan for senior housing | Providence Business News