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1/28/2022
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Media Advisory: Commission to study Low and Moderate Income Housing Act to meet Tuesday
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STATE HOUSE – The special legislative commission to study the Rhode Island Low and Moderate Income Housing Act is scheduled to meet Tuesday with the longtime former director of Rhode Island Housing, Richard Godfrey.
The meeting is scheduled Tuesday, Jan. 31, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the House lounge on the second floor of the State House. On the agenda is a presentation by Godfrey on community planning, specifically an overview on housing programs. No public testimony will be taken at this hearing.
The meeting will be live streamed at http://rilegislature.gov/CapTV/Pages/default.aspx and televised on Capitol Television, which can be seen on Cox Channels 15, and 61, in high definition on Cox Channel 1061, on Full Channel on Channel 15 and on Channel 34 by Verizon subscribers.
The commission, led by Rep. June S. Speakman (D-Dist. 68, Warren, Bristol), is studying barriers to affordable housing creation and identify ways to help cities and towns meet their obligations under the Low and Moderate Income Housing Act to ensure that at least 10 percent of their housing stock qualifies as affordable.
Besides Chairwoman Speakman, the commission includes Rep. Anastasia P. Williams (D-Dist. 9, Providence), Rep. Michael W. Chippendale (R-Dist. 40, Foster, Glocester, Coventry), Rhode Island Foundation President and CEO Neil Steinberg, ONE Neighborhood Builders President and Executive Director Jennifer Hawkins, Grow Smart Rhode Island Executive Director Scott Wolf, Pawtucket Central Falls Development Corporation Executive Director Linda Weisinger, Rhode Island Coalition to End Homelessness Executive Director Caitlin Frumerie, Rhode Island Association of Realtors Government Affairs Director David Salvatore, Rhode Island Builders Vice President David Caldwell, Housing Network of Rhode Island/Community Housing Land Trust of Rhode Island Executive Director Melina Lodge, Rhode Island Housing Executive Director Carol Ventura, Robert Marshall of the Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council, Providence Department of Planning Director Community Development Emily Freedman, Barrington Tax Assessor Ken Mallette, Glocester Town Planner Karen Scott and Jongsung Kim of the Bryant University Department of Economics.
For more information, contact:
Larry Berman, Communications Director for the Office of the Speaker
State House Room 322
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 222-2466
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