Does the government have the capabilities of successfully building housing? Have you seen the roads in this state?

Weird that "market rate" and "affordable units" are two separate things... 🙄

The gubbmint

It's called a public developer and it was a big plank in Bernie's platform, as well as Gonzalo Cuervo's (on a much smaller scale obviously)

Or do you mean who swings the actual hammers?

So who does the building?

Actually it's directly building housing without involving profit seeking.

Camille’s restaurant rents parking spots in their overflow lots for $50/month

Oh damn right by my old office space.

Heres a few events to keep in mind throughout Rhode Island! Most are centered around music, eating, and art: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/13/metro/best-things-do-ri-this-week-oct-14-21/

FROM THE STORY: In the middle of a statewide housing crisis, the city of Providence has a favor to ask: Do you know of any vacant plots of land where affordable housing could be built?

On Thursday morning, Mayor Jorge O. Elorza announced the creation of the Providence Neighborhood Land Bank, a new program funded with $8.5 million of the city’s American Rescue Plan Act funds that will acquire, hold, and transfer underused vacant land throughout the city with the goal of generating new affordable housing.Rhode Islanders can email suggestions of blighted, vacant lots for the Land Bank program to LandBank@providenceri.gov.

The program is designed to reduce barriers to development, such as site control and pre-development costs, to promote the construction of affordable housing. Other cities, like Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New Orleans all have land bank programs to spur affordable housing development and develop urban agriculture. But third-party organizations in some cities, such as the Philadelphia Coalition for Affordable Communities, have raised questions over the program’s effectiveness and slow pace of sales after almost a decade of that city’s land bank program.

More details at the link: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/13/metro/providence-announces-new-land-bank-program-aquire-vacant-land-build-affordable-housing/?p1=StaffPage

Good! Hope they plant more trees while they are at it

the buffalo “chicken” pizza is amazing

TSAs aren't really going to guarantee that requirement. If the developers were asking for one, it would be a leverage point the city could use but most of the high profile ones where they've demanded some level (i.e. that building that has nothing to do with Superman) were because of the upfront money being given to the project.

Good bye fun times at Ogies 😕

The higher the number of affordability requirements the less developments get built. The best way to increase housing and bring rents down is to lower the regulations required to build new developments

Mouserat new band name I call it!

Didn't that close years ago? It's a hot pot place now.

that'd probably work too. the pass is too expensive but it's a lot cheaper than monthly parking where your car is no more secure.

Having a lot spot only really helps out for snow emergencies.

My guy, I am there every week for sfogliatelle and biscotti.

You've got a bad habit of making assumptions about people and acting like it's fact.

No need to get heated. Sounds like someone needs to grow a thicker skin?

Keep digging, I'll see myself out.

What about street parking on any number of side streets?

Oh you don't spend much time in fed hill huh? makes more sense now.

Ah yes, a public square completely blocked with private restaurant seating. How diverse. How walkable.

It's underutilized? Can't imagine why. Perhaps because no one can utilize it?

Uhh I’m there most weekends in the summer, and I love walkable, diverse spaces where you can buy food and support small businesses. I’d like there to be more of these places, including in underutilized parks.

I do have a personal stake in it.

Also (obviously) I enjoy arguing with you losers on reddit. It's a vice. It's fun for me.

Thanks for sharing this extra info - great article.

There's a square already there, no establishment necessary. Just get the restaurant to stop squatting on the whole thing.

>she is not going to use or like the institutions

Says who? According to what?

>If someone doesn’t like neighborhood parks because they are open to the (often not-perfect) members of the public

Oh gimme a break. You know that's not at all what she said, get outta here with this weak sauce.

I don't know why you're acting like you've got a personal stake in making sure that Constantino's gets to occupy the entirety of a public space, but you're not doing them any favors with the way you're going about it. Quit digging.

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