Rhode Island's housing crisis is at a breaking point. How did we get here? Patrick Anderson, Providence Journal. Updated Sun, February 11, 2024 at 9:57 PM UTC. 16 min read.

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.

(WJAR) — From multiple resignations to the homelessness crisis, the Rhode Island Department of Housing has been the subject of criticism since it was created three years ago. The new Secretary ...

A nationwide coalition of organizations serving domestic violence survivors and unhoused people — including six based in ...

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.

For more than a year, Rhode Island has been weighing whether to become the first state in the country to create its own public development arm.. Over that time, the state has created a new Housing ...

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.

According to a release from his office, this will be the speaker’s fourth package to address the housing crisis in the Ocean State. A spokesperson for his office says this year's initiative will ...

“Rhode Island was already in a housing crisis before COVID,” Fox said. “Now it’s gotten worse.” As for the new rental-assistance program, Fox said it will likely help some families, ...

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.

Joe Luca, the former president of the Rhode Island Realtors Association, said the sale price of a single-family home climbed 17% this year and access to affordable housing is projected to get worse.

We crunched numbers and traced the history of housing in Rhode Island to lay out how we got to this point. Rhode Island's housing crisis is at a breaking point. How did we get here?