WOONSOCKET — Long before Russell Archambault was born, his mother needed to escape her first marriage. Desperate to leave her drunken husband, she wound up in a rooming house on Social Street. It was ...
State policy currently prevents low-income tax credits from being used to develop new rooming houses with single-room occupancy units. The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council is urging ...
Rooming houses were a cost-effective option for young professionals, until urban renewal projects and targeted zoning changes came along. At some of Woonsocket's remaining rooming houses, tenants pay ...