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May 26

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Taunton Avenue Collaborative project. Photo by The Public's Radio

The Public’s Radio: Rhode Island faces a long haul to tame its housing crisis

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The first in a series of periodic stories on the housing crisis CLICK TO READ MORE

May 25

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From left, ONE|NB Executive Director Jennifer Hawkins, with 2023 Community Catalysts Lt. Governor Sabina Matos, Rhode Island Foundation President and CEO Neil D. Steinberg, and Assistant Secretary of the Rhode Island Executive Office of Health & Human Services Ana Novais, at ONE|NB's 35 Anniversary Celebration at the Graduate, Providence, on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Photo by Stephen Ide/ONE Neighborhood Builders

ONE|NB Celebrates 35th Anniversary, Looks Ahead at Next Decades of Impact

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Three notable community members who have a demonstrated commitment to improving the lives of all Rhode Islanders honored. CLICK TO READ MORE

May 22

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Jennifer Hawkins, director of the ONE Neighborhood Builders community development corporation, standing in Riverside Park, with some of the new homes her group has developed in Olneyville behind her, during a trolley tour organized by Rhode Island Housing in 2017. Photo by Richard Asinof/ConvergenceRI

ConvergenceRI: ONE Neighborhood Builders celebrates 35 years of investing in community

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A Q&A with ONE|NB Executive Director Jennifer Hawkins about participatory budgeting, collaborative affordable housing, and more. CLICK TO READ MORE

May 20

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From Bathrooms in Parks to Mental Health Training: Central Providence’s Project Fair Showcases Community-driven Proposals

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Residents review proposals to spend $1 million ahead of upcoming June voting. CLICK TO READ MORE

May 19

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Lisa Guillette, the president of Foster Forward, walks through an apartment building her nonprofit purchased to build affordable housing for young people aging out of the foster care system.JOHN TLUMACKI/GLOBE STAFF

Boston Globe: ‘We need to invest more’: R.I. funds $100m to build affordable housing in 13 municipalities

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Rhode Island Housing’s Board of Commissioners voted to award more than $100 million in funding. CLICK TO READ MORE

May 19

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GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE and R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp. announced Thursday the state has awarded $101 million to 23 housing development projects across the state. / AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

PBN: 23 housing developments across R.I. receive $101M in funding

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Funding will support 1,481 total housing units throughout the state. CLICK TO READ MORE

May 19

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The Broad Street Homes project also includes 17 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments in the rehabilitated former police station at 509-511 Broad Street, Central Falls.

Providence Journal: Where did the $250M in ARPA money for housing go? These projects will get a piece.

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Gov. Dan McKee’s administration Thursday awarded $101 million to 23 housing projects across the state. CLICK TO READ MORE

May 19

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Broad Street Homes in Central Falls and The Avenue in Providence. Architectural renderings

Governor McKee Announces Award of over $100M to Create Over 1,400 Units of Housing

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Funding will advance ONE|NB’s developments in Central Falls and Providence. CLICK TO READ MORE

May 18

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A GROUP OF NONPROFITS known as the Taunton Avenue Collaborative recently requested that members of the General Assembly set aside $28 million in next fiscal year’s state budget for an affordable housing development on Taunton Avenue in East Providence. Leaders from the group, from left, ONE Neighborhood Builders Director Jennifer Hawkins, Foster Forward Executive Director Lisa Guillette, Crossroads Rhode Island CEO Karen Santilli and Family Service of Rhode Island Chief Operating Officer Ben Weiner recently toured the proposed development site at 350 Taunton Ave. Stephen Ide / ONE NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDERS

PBN: Nonprofits ask for $28M from state budget for 160 apartments in East Providence

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If approved, the funding would accelerate the construction of affordable housing. CLICK TO READ MORE

May 16

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Taunton Avenue site. Photo by Stephen Ide-ONE Neighborhood Builders

Rhode Island Current: East Providence legislators seek $28 million in state funding for affordable housing project

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Funding would be for plan to turn blighted, vacant 3-acre property in East Providence into a 160-unit affordable housing complex. CLICK TO READ MORE