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Millions of Americans are resorting to risky ways to buy an affordable home | Jennifer Ludden | NPR

Omni Development Corporation and Wingate Holdings acquire the former Barbara Jordan II Development | Newswires

How much did housing costs go up in Rhode Island? | Alexa Gagosz | Boston Globe

RI leaders roll out $220 million plan to renovate ‘Superman’ building | Ted Nesi, Steph Machado, Eli Sherman | WPRI 12

RI housing crisis; reporter roundtable | Tim White | WPRI 12 

Life in a Motel 6 brings hope to homeless people. Until the money runs out | Alexa Gagosz | Boston Globe

Operation Hunker Down shelter ordered to reduce capacity, more than 20 people to be displaced | Alexa Gagosz | Boston Globe

Despite unprecedented federal dollars, housing advocates say R.I. still isn’t designating enough funds to build, preserve units | Alexa Gagosz | Boston Globe

‘Redlining never really went away’: Black Rhode Islanders still face racism when buying a home | Alexa Gagosz | Boston Globe

Consumer Alert: Low inventory still driving up housing prices | Emily Volz | NBC 10 

Wolf of Main Street | Kriston Capps and Sarah Holder | Bloomberg

Family gets ‘dream’ home in Exeter, nonprofit says housing work needs to continue | Cal Dymowski, NBC 10

Life at the Newport Motel 6: The motel has become a shelter for people experiencing homelessness as affordable housing grows scarce | Antonia Ayres-Brown | Public’s Radio

NBC 10 I-Team: Eviction hearings double in Rhode Island | NBC 10

Crossroads Rhode Island starts housing renovation project | Charlie Clynes | ABC 6 News

City lead pipe replacement complaint alleges Civil Rights Act violation | Ben Brown, Sam LaFrance | Brown Daily Herald

Legislators, Let RI Vote Coalition push for voting reform bill | Jasmine Ruiz | Brown Daily Herald

At Operation Hunker Down, life in a makeshift shelter brings hope and heartache | Alexa Gagosz and Suzanne Kreiter| Boston Globe

How private citizens are taking Rhode Island’s housing crisis into their own hands | Alexa Gagosz | Boston Globe

Inflation takes aim at rents in vicious cycle with no clear end in sight | Amy Russo | Providence Journal

Political Scene: New RI housing chief sees himself as more moderator than ‘czar’ | Patrick Anderson| Providence Journal

Shortage of skilled trade workers causes long waits for customers in need | Gabrielle Coraccioli | NBC 10 News

Hundreds of millions in APRA funds wasted in McKee budget | Steve Ahlquist | Uprise RI

McKee announces grant funding availability to create affordable housing | NBC 10 NEWS

RWU Law Recognized by White House | Michael M Bowden | RWU Law

Housing advocates blast plan at site of Cranston’s former Trolley Barn | Patrick Anderson | Providence Journal

Opinion/Brown: The biggest barrier to affordable housing in RI? Local planning boards | Kristina Brown | Providence Journal

During a crisis, zoning laws are hindering construction of affordable housing units | Alexa Gagosz | Boston Globe

Veterans, housing, children: Who benefits, and who doesn’t, in McKee’s proposed RI budget | Patrick Anderson | Providence Journal

Governor McKee delivers his first State of the State address | Edward Fitzpatrick | Boston Globe

RentReliefRI Program Hits $100 Million Mark in Rental and Utility Assistance to Rhode Island Renters | Governor | EIN

Opinion/Shekarchi: Despite challenges, RI has historic opportunities | Shekarchi | Providence Journal

RI lawmakers kick off 2022 session with $119M spending bill, veto overrides | Ted Nesi, Steph Machado | WPRI 12

2021 News & Articles

Lawmakers could OK driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants in RI next year | Patrick Anderson and Katherine Gregg | Providence Journal

Central Falls steps up housing code enforcement to prevent lead poisoning | Sofie Rudin | Public’s Radio

R.I. House leaders preview the 2022 legislative session | Edward Fitzpatrick | Boston Globe

White House lights up Manchin after he crushes Biden’s megabill | Burgess Everett, Nicholas WU and Jonathan Lemire | Politico

As Rhode Island tries to address its housing crisis, millions meant to improve the situation remain unspent | Ian Donnis | Public’s Radio

Warwick woman credits homeless diversion program for keeping her off the streets | Shiina LoSciuto | WPRI 12

McKee: Former Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket, Providence nursing home to shelter homeless | Katherine Gregg | Providence Journal

Former Memorial Hospital to harbor homeless as RI expands emergency shelter capacity | Alexandra Leslie and Shaun Towne | WPRI12

Activists are sleeping in tents at the RI State House. Why they want action on homelessness | Katherine Gregg | Providence Journal 

Providence Allocates $500K to Addresses Homelessness | Associated Press

Five Questions with Michelle Wilcox |Marc Larocque | PBN

A Warwick hotel is housing the homeless this winter. Here’s why neighbors aren’t happy about it | Sarah Doiron and Chelsea Jones | WPRI 12

McKee appoints ‘housing czar’ to address crisis of home affordability in RI | Katherine Gregg | Providence Journal

‘We’re losing IQ points’: the lead poisoning crisis unfolding among US children | Erin McCormick (RI) and Eric Lutz | NPR

‘We’re sinking’: R.I. human services agencies face workforce crisis | Brian Amaral | Boston Globe

McKee, top lawmakers unveil deal to start spending federal ARPA funds | Melanie DaSilva | WPRI 12

As Newport home prices rise, undocumented families struggle to find secure housing | Antonia Ayres-Brown & Pearl Marvell | Public’s Radio

City Council Wants Providence and State to Get Serious About Homelessness Crisis | Caitlin Faulds | Eco RI News

Some non-profits say COVID-19 federal relief money can help now as funds remain untapped | Brian Crandall | NBC 10 News

Tree lighting celebration at Rhode Island State House disrupted by protesters | Tyler Dumont | NBC 10 News

Candidate says she’ll sleep in tent outside State House until homeless crisis ‘resolved’ | Patrick Anderson | Providence Journal

Opinion/Santilli: The future of homelessness will be decided this winter | Karen Santilli | Providence Journal

Commentary: Housing is still a top priority for Rhode Island’s lawmakers | House Speaker Joseph Shekarchi | Boston Globe

R.I. approves nearly $31m for affordable housing, creating and preserving more than 600 units | Alexa Gagosz | Boston Globe 

Survey: 28% of Rhode Island renters struggle to pay housing bills | Marc Larocque | Providence Business News

Nearly 30 percent of renters in Rhode Island can’t keep up with their rent | Alexa Gagosz | Boston Globe 

After fighting addiction, abuse and homelessness, three women and their children find hope — and a home | Alexa Gagosz | Boston Globe

From her view as lieutenant governor of the smallest state, housing policy changes are needed country-wide | Alexa Gagosz | Boston Globe

‘Locked out’: Poor Rhode Islanders face unnecessary barriers to subsidized housing, study says | Brian Amaral | Boston Globe

RI’s government will make $3.6 million selling group homes. Homeless advocates are fuming | Katie Mulvaney | Providence Journal

Opinion/Potter and Donegan: Empty lots amid a housing shortage | Rep. Brandon Potter and John Donegan | Providence Journal

HUD vouchers to support 3 new Providence housing developments | Mary Serreze | Providence Business Journal

As temperatures drop, RI homeless advocates demand state help for the ‘unsheltered’ | Rory Schuler | Warwick Beacon

Homeless in RI: If we leave 600 people out there, people will die… | Steve Ahlquist | UpriseRI

Providence removes West End encampment days earlier than planned | Brian Amaral | Boston Globe

Advocates: McKee’s affordable housing request not enough to fix problem | Kim Jarrett | The Center Square

They aged out of the R.I. foster care system, and are struggling to find stable housing | Alexa Gagosz | Boston Globe

Housing Hurdles (video series) | Gina Marini and Courtney Carter| WPRI 

Providence residents protest eviction alongside community group DARE | Sameer Sinha | Brown Daily Herald

Rhode Island’s attorney general is taking landlords who fail to fix lead hazards to court | Sofie Rudin | Public’s Radio

With winter closing in, R.I. homelessness crisis keeps getting worse | Brian Amaral | Boston Globe

‘There’s nothing’: Warwick mom on the brink of homelessness struggles to find affordable housing |Sarah Doiron & Chelsea Jones | WPRI

She took her daughter and ran from an abusive relationship. Now they’re homeless | Alexa Gagosz | Boston Globe

Lack of affordable rentals in Newport County could lead to prolonged labor issues | Bethany Brunelle | Newport Daily News

Opinion|ARPA funds can help to solve RI’s housing crisis| Sen. Meghan Kallman and Rep. June Speakman| Providence Journal

Here’s what’s in Governor Dan McKee’s proposal for American Rescue Plan Act funds | Andy Boardman | UpriseRI

New HUD rule aimed at preventing public housing evictions | Ashraf Khalil | AP News

Opinion | Why Democrats Would Be Fools to Slash Biden’s Housing Plan | Paul Willians & Ceaa Weaver | Politico

McKee: $50M approved in rental, housing assistance | Alexandra Leslie | WPRI

White House confronts grueling choices as it debates major cuts to Biden economic plan | Jeff Stein | Washington Post

Advocates Call on R.I. to Use $500m of Federal Dollars on Housing | Alexa Gagosz | Boston Globe

“Where Did All the Homes Go? RI Faces a Crisis in Housing” | Patrick Anderson | ProJo

McKee Says Time Has Come to Start Spending $1.1B COVID Aid | Patrick Anderson | ProJo

In Overturning the Eviction Moratorium, the Supreme Court Continues its History of Harming Black Households | Romer & Broady | Brookings

Providence Destroys Homeless Encampment – and People’s Lives | Steve Ahlquist | UpriseRI

Narragansett Bans More Than 3 College Students from Living in One Home | Brian Amaral | Boston Globe

Protesters Pitch Tents at State House to Highlight Homelessness in RI | Edward Fitzpatrick | Boston Globe

Opportunities to Increase Housing Production and Preservation |Pam Blumenthal & Regina Gray | HUD

Biden Administration Details Plan to Ease Housing Costs Nationwide | Erin B. Logan | Los Angeles Times

With US Eviction Moratorium Struck Down, RI Advocates Seek State Ban | Katie Mulvaney | ProJo

Supreme Court Overturns CDC Eviction Moratorium | Al Tompkins | Poynter

Only 11% Spent in Rental Assistance, Treasury Dept. Prepares to Reallocate Unspent Aid | Andrea Noble | Route Fifty

How to Leverage Behavioral Science to Get Emergency Rental Assistance into the Hands of Vulnerable Households Faster | Perez & Boshart | Housing Matters

Preliminary Analysis: 11 Months of the CDC Moratorium | Rangel, Haas,  Lemmerman, Fish, & Hepburn | Eviction Lab

Study Shows the Eviction Moratorium Saved Lives | Cynthia Griffith | Invisible People

RentReliefRI program scheduled to launch March 31 | Mary MacDonald | PBN

Covid cases could spike if eviction ban is allowed to lapse, experts warn | Annie Nova | CNBS

Housing is the answer to Governor McKee’s billion dollar question | Andy Boardman | UpRise

What happens when a community doesn’t meet the 10% affordable housing requirement? | Laura Damon | Newport Daily News

Fixing the Harms of Our Eviction System: An Interview with Emily Benfer | Miriam Axel-Lute  | Shelterforce

Housing for those living in their vehicles is vital – But in the meantime they need safe parking options | Steve Ahlquist | UpRise

Advocates demand a safe parking lot for those staying in vehicles | Steve Ahlquist | UpRise

Report: Unless RI acts, hundreds are facing eviction and homelessness | Steve Ahlquist | UpRise

Five Questions With: Cortney Nicolato | James Bessette | PBN

Eviction: The physical, financial and mental health consequences of losing your home | Clark Merrefield | journalistsresource

Speaker Shekarchi announces major affordable housing push | Steve Ahlquist | UpRise

Speaker: Housing will be ‘top priority’ | Daniel A. Kittredge | Cranston Online

Why Housing Insecurity Is a Sleep Killer | Sarah Holder | City Lab

Shekarchi unveils package of affordable housing legislation | Cassius Shuman | PBN

Bill would require landlords to verify rental units are suitable for occupancy | Mary MacDonald | PBN

‘Nobody should be, for any reason, thrown out into COVID’: Loophole allows RI landlords to evict tenants for nonpayment | Gina Marini | WPRI

Providence unveils long-term affordable housing strategy | Nancy Lavin | PBN 

Oped: Rhode Island needs a dedicated source of funding for affordable housing |Senator Meghan Kallman | UpRise

‘Housing is not affordable’: Shekarchi unveils legislative package on housing | Eli Sherman | WPRI

In RI’s new push for housing affordability, a ‘czar’ and tiny houses | Patrick Anderson | Projo

2020 News & Articles

Community groups push for ‘Justice Budget;’ call for affordable housing, economic justice, and defunding prisons and police
07/20/2020 Uprise RI

New report shows housing is out of reach for many in RI
07/15/2020 Uprise RI

Report: R.I. needs to invest in affordable housing
07/15/2020 Providence Journal

Companies contracted to replace vacant Barbara Jordan complex
07/14/2020 Providence Journal

Governor unveils new eviction diversion program, but will landlords allow tenants to utilize it?
07/11/2020 Uprise RI

Rhode Island doubles rent relief funding, but advocates say more is needed
07/10/2020 The Publics Radio

Hundreds in R.I. face eviction with moratorium expired
07/06/2020 Providence Journal

Providence announces nearly $1m in aid for eviction defense and emergency housing assistance
06/30/2020 Uprise RI

Self-help evictions surge as the coronavirus pushes landlords, tenants to the brink
05/29/2020 The Publics Radio

My Turn: Jeanne Cola: In a time of pandemic, housing is health care
05/22/2020 Providence Journal

Five Questions With: Jeanne Cola
05/18/2020 Providence Business News

My Turn: Cortney Nicolato: Can we restart the economy with a commitment to housing?
05/18/2020 Providence Journal

Unkindest cuts: Many casualties expected as R.I. begins ‘brutal’ budget process
05/15/2020 Providence Business News

Relief planned for low-income renters
04/29/2020 Providence Business News

Overdue rent growing into pandemic problem
04/24/2020 Providence Business News

With income cut by coronavirus, these Rhode Islanders wonder: How will we pay next month’s rent?
04/16/2020 Providence Journal

Five Questions With: Eileen Hayes, CEO of Amos House
04/10/2020 Providence Business News

Five Questions With: Jennifer Wood
04/01/2020 Providence Business News

Our Turn: Karen Santilli and Jack McConnell: Virus proves housing is health care 
03/26/2020 Providence Journal

Report: There’s an Affordable Housing Crisis in RI
02/20/2020 WPRI

Homes RI Announces Legislative Agenda at State House Event
01/29/2020  Uprise RI

Advocacy Groups Take the Stage to Promote 2020 Priorities 
01/27/2020 Convergence RI

Providence City Council Committee Hears Legislation to Stop Source of Income Discrimination in Housing 
01/14/2020 Uprise RI

Housing Network of Rhode Island Amongst Grant Recipients from Blue Cross Blue Shield of RI to Tackle Housing Instability 
01/13/2020 Health Payer Intelligence

Melina Lodge, Executive Director of the Housing Network, Comments on the Need for State Investments in Housing 
01/8/2020 Boston Globe

2019 News & Articles

12/16/19 – The Path to Opportunity Begins at the Front Door of Your Home 

12/11/19 – Housing Again Takes Health Care Center Stage 

12/5/19 – Homes RI Summit to Address Statewide Housing Shortage 

11/4/19 – Multi-Sector Campaign Welcomes the Housing Network of Rhode Island as New State Partner

9/26/19 – Katie West, Housing Opportunities Manager, Receives Senator Jack Reed Advocacy Award at the Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless Annual Breakfast 

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