Keyword: housing
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Rhode Island’s budget challenges, Part One
Housing affordability has become one of Rhode Island’s most serious challenges. Home prices are so high that ownership is out of reach for many Rhode Islanders. Nearly half of all renters spend … more
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FROM STREET TO VILLAGE: This aerial shows ECHO Village, which is nearing completion, in the clover leaf on ramp to Route 146 headed south in Providence. The “village” of 45 Pallet Houses would offer secure housing for homeless.
Village of hope for homeless
The House of Hope CDC is building the state’s first village of hope for the homeless. Laura Jaworski, executive director of the Warwick-based non profit, advanced the concept of box-like … more
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If only there was a chance to laugh at the bridge
STORY OF THE WEEK: Back in the day, the approach of the end of February would signal the time for the Providence Newspaper Guild Follies – the bygone annual satiric sendup of the year in Rhode … more
Cranston High School East Be a Bolt Open House rescheduled for January 18, 2024
Cranston Public Schools in collaboration with Cranston High School East has announced that the Be a Bolt Open House originally scheduled for Sunday, January 7, 2024 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm has been … more
House of Hope awarded $20Kto help residents stay housed this winter
House of Hope in Warwick is among eight nonprofits across the state to receive $20,000 from the Rhode Island Foundation to help residents stay housed this winter. The organization was selected … more
Renters see new protections in 2024
Renters in Rhode Island will be seeing a number of new protections in the new year, granted by lawmakers who hope to stem a rising tide of housing instability and homelessness happening across Rhode … more
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COME GET YOUR HOUSE: Jenny Sivo and Joanne Maguire from CAC ready to hand out blank houses to participants.
Build your dream home at the Artists’ Exchange
Cranston Artists’ Exchange hosted its 19th annual Gingerbread House Decorating Contest on December 2 with help from URI Saves. Families reserved houses in advance for the opportunity to … more
Truly a place where hope resides
In the midst of multiple, overlapping crises that often result in the loss of housing for at-risk individuals, we are grateful to be able to report on organizations like the House of Hope, which shed … more
GRADUATES CELEBRATE: The latest graduating class of the House of Hope Peer Mentor and Employment Training Program gather for a group shot following Thursday’s ceremony. (Cranston Herald photo by Katharine Tracy)
Peer mentor program provides last step to those in recovery
Last Thursday, Warwick-based nonprofit House of Hope celebrated the nine graduates of their Peer Mentor and Employment Training Program. Graduates who were once homeless or recovering from … more
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Cranston Housing Authority celebrates 62 years of service
The Cranston Housing Authority will celebrate the 62nd anniversary of its charter, which was issued by the Rhode Island Secretary of State on November 1, 1961. The Board of Commissioners and staff of … more
CONFERENCE PLANNERS: The morning-long Senior Agenda Coalition of Rhode Island 15th annual conference and expo took weeks of planning on the part of many including from left Bill Flynn, Cynthia Coyne, coalition executive director and former Warwick state Representative Maureen Maigret and prior director of the state Department of Elderly Affairs who also served as a plenary session panelist. (Warwick Beacon photos)
Housing, policy focuses of annual Senior Agenda Coalition conference
With over 30 percent of Rhode Islanders age 65 and older, tackling the many issues of an aging population was front and center at the Senior Agenda Coalition of Rhode Island’s fifteenth annual … more
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Housing a foundation for RI, personal success
Recently, I spoke to a group of young professionals. When I took questions from the crowd, overwhelmingly, people were concerned about how they’re going to be able to afford to stay in Rhode … more
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Cranston groups win nearly $900,000 for housing, hunger and health
The Comprehensive Community Action Program, CODAC Behavioral Health and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul are among 10 Cranston organizations that received nearly $900,000 in grants to provide … more
Too many competing interests hamper housing
The path to hell, they say, is paved with good intentions. In Rhode Island, it appears the path to a failed affordable housing strategy is paved with an overabundance of competing interests, all of … more
In regards to housing, something has to give
While the ink is barely dry on the package of 14 bills proposed last week as part of a widespread affordable housing strategy endorsed by House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, it is worth taking a … more
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS: House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi is surrounded by news reporters following release of the 14 bill package aimed at stimulating more affordable housing last Thursday at the State House. (Cranston Herald photo)
Housing incentives & keeping local control
When House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi announced a 14-bill package of housing legislation Thursday he knew better than most in the crowded House Lounge where he was going to get the biggest pushback … more
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HOUSE CALL: Kent Hospital at Home Medical Director Dr. Michael Lee visits Gwendolyn Zangari, one of the new program's patients. The first program of its kind in Rhode Island, Hospital at Home brings full-scale inpatient care out of the ward and into patient's homes. (Submitted photos)
Hospital at home
Like other patients in the newest “wing” at Kent Hospital, Gwendolyn Zangari’s room has all the comforts of home.  It should: it is her home. “I can be with my own … more
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Two dead in house fire by Garden City
A house fire broke out on Whitewood Drive around 2:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 24, killing two elderly men despite more than 25 firefighters working to extinguish the blaze. “We have a fire with … more
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FUTURE RESTAURANT?: The unused church located on Cranston Street is part of a proposed development for multi-family housing. The developer plans to turn this building into a high-end restaurant. (Herald photo)
$30M multi-housing complex proposed on Cranston Street
Saturday morning’s 20 degree temperature deter residents and elected officials from venturing into the old, rundown church across from the Cranston Print Works Complex for a site walk. This … more
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WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE STATE HOUSE: Speaker of the House K. Joseph Shekarchi spoke to Warwick Rotarians about the state budget and update on housing within Rhode Island. (Herald photo)
Potential tax cut? Headway in housing?
With a new budget season starting at the state level, Speaker of the House K. Joseph Shekarchi didn’t shy away from talking about Governor Dan McKee’s proposed tax cuts at Warwick Rotary … more
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