Rhode Island House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi has introduced a new package of housing legislation. Highlights include allowing property owners to divide single-family lots and legalizing ...

State lawmakers are taking a modest approach to encourage new home construction across Rhode Island: Only nine bills, down ...

Our advocacy is working,” Shekarchi said in a statement. “But building takes time, and we are still trying to play catch-up for all the years that Rhode Island was dead last in the country for new ...