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3/1/2023 MEDIA ADVISORY: Speaker Shekarchi to announce housing legislation
STATE HOUSE – House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi will host a news conference on Thursday to announce his latest package of legislation to address Rhode Island’s housing crisis.

The news conference will be held Thursday, March 2, at 3:00 p.m. in the House Lounge on the second floor of the State House.

Speaker Shekarchi (D-Dist. 23, Warwick) will be joined by Rep. June S. Speakman, chair of the Special Legislative Commission to Study the Low and Moderate Income Housing Act; Thomas E. Deller, chair of the Special Legislative Commission to Study the Entire Area of Land Use, Preservation, Development, Housing, Environment, and Regulation; members of both commissions, legislators, housing advocates and developers.

The news conference will be televised live on Capitol Television, which can be seen on Cox Communications, channels 15 and 61 for high definition; i3Broadband (Formerly Full Channel) on channel 15; and Verizon, on channel 34 It will also be live streamed at www.rilegislature.gov/captv, where it will be available to view on demand after the event. Media members wishing to arrange for in-person coverage are asked to contact Emily Martineau at emartineau@rilegislature.gov.

For more information, contact:
Emily Martineau, Deputy Director of Communications for the Office of the Speaker
State House Room 323
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 222-2466