Issue Position: Housing

Issue Position

Everyone has the right to healthy housing they can afford. Too many of our neighbors struggle with this challenge every day.

We must pursue housing for all. This means housing for young adults just starting out, housing for young families, housing for those who live alone, housing accessible to people with disabilities, and housing where seniors can age in place and not leave the neighborhood they call home.

In recent years, Rhode Islanders have enthusiastically supported bond referenda to create more affordable housing through rehabilitation and new construction. We need to join other states that have a regular, permanent, reliable, predictable, and sustainable funding stream for affordable housing.

At the same time, the public should not be the only investor. We need to find an effective way to ensure that those who create and profit from high-end housing also contribute to the expansion of affordable housing.

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