Create Homes Act News Today

Coverage of the housing and homelessness crisis by the staff of Globe Rhode Island.

In recent years, the private sector on its own wasn’t able to build enough to solve this state’s housing crisis amid historic demand and ultra-low interest rates.

The longer the dispute lingers, the more questions will be raised about McKees promises to help the homeless and tackle RIs housing problem.

"We have rats. The house up the street [also a Pioneer Investments property] has rats. Their pet chinchilla of eight years was eaten by a rat..."

Missing lead certifications, sewage issues, garbage pileups and evictions plague tenants.

States are remembering that they can own housing, too.

Safe, affordable, accessible housing in all communities – and for all Rhode Islanders – is the foundation to a thriving economy and a resilient state.