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• ProJo: Homeless advocate walks Providence streets looking for people struggling in cold

  On Friday nights Megan Smith walks through downtown Providence looking for people who may be struggling with homelessness, addiction, poverty — or some combination of the three — to connect with.

• Homes RI: ‘Homes RI’ campaign shines spotlight on state’s need for more affordable homes

  The “Homes RI” campaign was launched today to shine a spotlight on the increased need for Rhode Island to invest in building more affordable homes in cities and towns across the state, and to call on elected officials to pledge their support for more affordable homes.

• PBN: Report: Providence metro homeowners stay in homes longer than most

  The average homeowner in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area owns their home for 7.4 years, the ninth-longest housing tenure of the 50 largest metros in the nation, according to a report from LendingTree Thursday.

• ProJo: Lawyer: Crossroads will continue to shelter homeless sex offenders as lawsuit plays out

  Crossroads Rhode Island will continue to take in sex offenders at a homeless shelter in Cranston under an agreement between the parties to a lawsuit challenging a new state law that limits the number of convicted sex offenders who can be housed in homeless shelters.

• ProJo: Angry East Siders confront Providence City Councilors over homestead exemption

  About 120 East Side residents crowded into the Central Congregational Church on Monday night to express their frustration over a City Council proposal to implement a graduated homestead exemption tax structure in Providence. During a meeting punctuated by shouts and interruptions, residents voiced their concern to City Council members in attendance about a proposal they say would raise their tax bills.

• ProJo: Providence announces new program for home loan, repair help

  Standing outside in the cold drizzle Tuesday morning, Mayor Jorge Elorza announced new housing assistance for residents in the form of down-payment/closing-cost loans for home buyers, and loans for home repairs.