The committee on affordable housing is proposing “practical options” to streamline the program that is “significantly behind” schedule, according to a memo presented to the town council at its May 15 meeting. “We’ve made some progress, but it is slow,” said Quaker Case, vice chairwoman. “The barriers are significant. We still have a way to
The town council has authorized Ed Mello, interim town administrator, to sign an extension of the purchase-and-sales agreement with Church Community Housing Corporation for 91 Carr Lane. The amended agreement moves the deadline to close to March 31, 2024. According to Mello, the deal with the nonprofit housing agency is “pending related to zoning matters.”
Church Community Housing Corporation, a nonprofit developer in Newport, has received permission to build a 12-unit apartment complex on Pemberton Avenue, The Jamestown Press reported March 1, 1990. The agency will use $790,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to build the federally subsidized apartments. The zoning board unanimously approved the application,
During the past decade, a few Rhode Island municipalities have made slow progress toward the state’s 10% low- and moderate-income housing requirement, while some have stalled and many others have fallen behind.