RIHousing approves $200,000 in funding for programs

December 14, 2018 - Rhode Island

Providence, RI RIHousing’s board of commissioners approved $200,000 in funding for programs to support homeownership, financial counseling and green infrastructure activities. Funded via the agency’s Community Development Program (CDP), awards were made to six programs in Woonsocket, Providence and Pawtucket/Central Falls.

The CDP program supports an array of activities, including: programs that support the viability of housing financed by RIHousing; that promote homeownership opportunities, especially those with outreach strategies to increase racial and ethnic diversity; that promote energy efficiency and environmental sustainability; that incorporate and promote access to the arts, food/healthy eating options, and/or foster the use of transit for residents; and those that stabilize housing for Rhode Islanders.

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