This month’s Fresh Fridays explored mixed-income housing development and how it can support Rhode Island’s housing goals. One Neighborhood Builders was joined by panelists Peter Asen, the director of housing production and preservation at the RI Department of Housing; Claudia Aiken, the director of new research partnerships at the Housing Solutions Lab at the NYU Furman Center; and Peter Chapman, the president & CEO of One Neighborhood Builders.
One Neighborhood Builder’s Residences at Riverside Square has been awarded a Smart Growth Award by Grow Smart RI, an organization committed to leading and engaging Rhode Islanders in advancing neighborhood revitalization, environmental stewardship, and economic opportunity. Each year, the Smart Growth Awards recognize developments, individuals, and policies that best address community revitalization, access to affordable housing, improved public health, greener building practices, and advancement of social, racial, and economic justice.
This NeighborWorks week, we’re celebrating the collective impact of NeighborWorks America’s member organizations and our shared commitment to building strong, vibrant communities. As a proud member of the NeighborWorks network, One Neighborhood Builders is thrilled to embrace this year’s theme of Creating Homes, Building America. To us, this theme is about more than just increasing access to housing in our communities. It’s about strengthening neighborhoods through thoughtful investments rooted in equity and bolstering economic resilience. At One Neighborhood Builders, we embody this theme through our work every day. From pre-development to completion, our housing developments reflect our commitment to the…
Capital TV: Groundbreaking Ceremony: Celebrating New Housing in Central Falls 5-30-2025
(WJAR) — The City of Central Falls celebrated the groundbreaking for a new affordable housing project.
City and state leaders gathered on Friday to celebrate the construction of the Broad Street Homes project.
(WJAR) — The City of Central Falls celebrated the groundbreaking for a new affordable housing project.
City and state leaders gathered on Friday to celebrate the construction of the Broad Street Homes project.
Local elected officials and affordable-housing development leaders on Friday formally broke ground on One Neighborhood Builders’ $26 million Broad Street Homes project.
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (WLNE) — Builders and politicians celebrated the groundbreaking a new affordable housing development in Central Falls Friday morning.
“Broad Street Homes,” located next to Central Falls City Hall, will be built on the site of an old Dunkin Donuts.
The project will cost developers One Neighborhood Builders upwards of $26 million to build, which was secured partly through a federal earmark.
When completed, the four-story building will include 46 housing units for low-income families in Central Falls.
“We need housing. Every time my office gets calls from individuals, they’re looking for housing. We know that the price right now of rent is almost unaffordable, so we have to make sure that we continue to build more housing,” Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos said
Local elected officials and affordable-housing development leaders on Friday formally broke ground on One Neighborhood Builders’ $26 million Broad Street Homes project.
The project, which is the first development by One Neighborhood Builders within the city, includes a new four-story building at 524 Broad St. and reusing a former police station and courthouse building at 511 Broad St. In total, the project will create 46 affordable housing units to low-income households earning less than 60% of the area median income.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 30, 2025 CENTRAL FALLS, RI – One Neighborhood Builders (ONB), one of the state’s leading nonprofit affordable housing developers and community development corporations, held a groundbreaking today alongside elected, appointed, and housing leaders to celebrate the start of construction of Broad Street Homes, an affordable housing development in Central Falls. Broad Street Homes is ONB’s first development in the city of Central Falls, a more than $26 million investment in the city. Upon completion, the development will provide 46 units of housing to low-income households earning not more than 60% AMI; In Central Falls, this equates…
This month’s Fresh Fridays featured a special in-person, collaborative panel discussion facilitated by Candace Moore from Race Forward. The conversation focused on current and future efforts to advance health equity and economic mobility in Central Providence through the lens of the newly updated Central Providence Roadmap. Moore was joined by panelists Eloi Rodas, Maria Gomes, and Shelby Mack.
