Cumberland nonprofit home sues RI Housing over funding

By Philip Marcelo Journal Staff Writer CUMBERLAND — House of Compassion is suing Rhode Island Housing for breach of contract after it allegedly withdrew funding last month to the nonprofit agency, which houses low-income, HIV positive and AIDS patients. The 14-year-old home, at 2510 Mendon Rd., argues that Rhode Island Housing based its decision upon concerns raised in an independent audit without taking into consideration that the organization has since addressed the issues, according to a complaint filed in Superior Court in Providence. Rhode Island Housing responded that there could be no breach of contract because the federal grants in question expired on their own terms and were simply not renewed. Rhode Island Housing administers three grants for House of Compassion from the federal Office of Housing and Urban... [read full story]