Housing Secretary Deborah Goddard said during ... If cities and towns don't comply, then the state could use a stick: withholding funds. Goddard cited Massachusetts' MBTA Communities Law, which ...

The MBTA Communities ... families in the state-run emergency shelter system started to escalate during the final year of Kennealy’s time as housing and economic development secretary.

Former state Sen. Adam Hollier is mounting a Democratic primary challenge to Detroit U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar in what is his third bid for Congress.

Governor Dan McKee and Secretary of Housing Deborah Goddard released a draft of Housing 2030, the state’s first housing plan since 2006, which sets a goal of permitting 15,000 new homes by 2030. This ...

Rhode Island has one of the lowest rates of housing ... state by 15,000 in the next five years, mostly by offering light incentives to cities and towns and creating goals for them. Housing ...