If you make less than $100,000 a year you can’t comfortably afford to buy a home in Rhode Island, according to new data from the think tank HousingWorksRI at Roger Williams University. And if you make less than $75,000 you can’t afford to rent. In its annual housing factbook, which it released on Friday, HousingWorksRI […]
Brenda Clement
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HousingWorks RI’s Brenda Clement on addressing zoning challenges at the local level
Housing costs in Rhode Island continue to explode, thanks in part to a lack of supply. One reason there isn’t enough housing: local zoning laws limit what can be built where. For our series Zoned Out: How local zoning hurts efforts to solve Rhode Island’s decades-long housing shortage, The Public’s Radio’s Dave Fallon interviewed Brenda […]

