Governor Lincoln D. Chafee and Richard Godfrey, Executive Director of Rhode Island Housing, last week co-hosted the 2013 Partners in Housing Awards ceremony at the State House. The ceremony recognized award recipients for their collective contribution to addressing the housing needs of our state. This year's honorees were:

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On Friday, May 17th at 2 p.m., Olneyville Housing Corporation is hosting a ribbon cutting celebrating the completion of Olney Village.

Elected officials, community partners and neighborhood residents will join to celebrate the transformation of 12 foreclosed properties and several vacant lots into 40 safe, affordable homes for families.

Centered around the William D'Abate Elementary School, Olney Village also includes three community spaces for local nonprofits and a permanent home for the Olneyville Food Center.

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Kaid Benfield, Director of Sustainable Communities for the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) recently posted a piece entitled The case for building on a city's historic assests on Switchboard, the NRDC's staff blog.

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On Saturday, May 11th from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., the Housing Network of Rhode Island and Rhode Island Housing are hosting a free Housing Fair for homeowners, first-time homebuyers, and renters.

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From Thursday, April 18th through Sunday, May 12th, the Yellow Peril Gallery will present Foreclosed Dreams, a photo essay by David H. Wells exploring the empty homes and foreclosed dreams left in the wake of the foreclosure crisis. This exhibition will be guest curated by Viera Levitt.

Wells started the project with the goal of understanding the economic upheaval people are living through. He initially photographed in the Central Valley of California, but also focused on Rhode Island, where he lives. The opening reception for this exhibit is on Thursday, April 18, from 5-9 p.m., during Gallery Night Providence.

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The "robosigning" controversy that came to light in 2010 caused foreclosure practices across the nation to come under close scrutiny, and millions of foreclosures to be halted. Ultimately, 14 mortgage servicers entered into consent orders, which required reviews by third-party consultants of their loan files for errors in servicing and foreclosure practices.

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TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, has awarded HousingWorks RI $5,000 to research housing issues as part of the Providence Children's Initiative Healthy Neighborhoods Program. In addition, Family Service of Rhode Island awarded a $5,000 grant for this research.

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Rhode Island Housing has launched a free mobile app designed to help Rhode Islanders organize their home search and make smart purchasing decisions.

Called HomeCompare, the iPhone app provides prospective homebuyers a central digital location to store their home search information.

According to a release from Rhode Island Housing, HomeCompare allows users to create an individual home buying journal where they can:

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This year marks the 45th anniversary of the passage of the 1968 Fair Housing Act. On Wednesday, April 10th from 1 to 4 p.m., a symposium will explore the history of Fair Housing in the context of the struggle for civil rights.

Entitled The Struggle for Civil Rights: Furthering Fair Housing, the symposium will feature:

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On Friday, April 12th at 11 a.m., U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Westerly Town Manager Steven Hartford will join the WARM Center and their community partners to celebrate the creation of new affordable rental homes.

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