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It’s a classic case of political power dynamics. Community advocates, voters and lawmakers have spent years trying to bring payday loan reform to Rhode Island. And every year, it fails, with legislative leaders unwilling or uninterested in advancing the proposals to their respective chambers for a vote. Until last year, when the Rhode Island House […] The post Payday lending rates are sky high, but not optimism for R.I. Senate to pass reform this year appeared first on Rhode Island Current.

The state law is meant to give tax breaks to affordable housing, but the subsidies currently apply to full-price apartments, too.

PROVIDENCE – Homes RI, a coalition of housing organizations, is pushing for the housing bond question likely to appear on November’s ballot to increase from $100 million to $150 million.

The Community Housing Network said it will provide addresses to Columbus police for places that may require an emergency response from the city's alternative crisis response teams.

Tenants Information Service (TIS) chief executive Ilene Campbell attended the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) Housing Management Conference yesterday to deliver an impactful closing plenary session. Hosted in central Glasgow, the SFHA conference gathered frontline housing professi