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2/12/2024
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Media Advisory: Housing Affordability commission to meet Thursday
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STATE HOUSE – The Special Legislative Commission to Study Housing Affordability will meet Thursday, Feb. 15, at 2 p.m. in the House Lounge on the second floor of the State House.
The agenda for the meeting includes a presentation by Housing Secretary Stefan Pryor, who is a member of the commission, on state and local fiscal recovery funds, and updates on Furman’s feasibility study and the Abt Associates project to draft a statewide housing plan.
There will also be a presentation by several Providence officials: Deputy Legislative Liaison Michael Napolitano, Director of Housing and Human Services Emily Freedman and Tax Assessor Janesse Muscatelli. This will include a discussion of the city’s proposal regarding its “8-Law,” which provides a tax incentive for development of low-income housing.
No public testimony will be taken at this meeting.
The meeting will be televised on Capitol Television, which can be seen on Cox channel 61, on i3Broadband channel 15 and on Verizon channel 34. It will be live streamed at capitoltvri.cablecast.tv.
The commission, led by Rep. June S. Speakman (D-Dist. 68, Warren, Bristol), is studying barriers to affordable housing creation and identifying 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 and Secretary Pryor, the commission includes Rep. Joshua J. Giraldo (D-Dist. 56, Central Falls), House Minority Leader Michael W. Chippendale (R-Dist. 40, Foster, Glocester, Coventry), Rhode Island Foundation President and CEO David N. Cicilline, One Neighborhood Builders President 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 Chief Strategy Officer Jennifer Barrera, Rita Danielle Steele of Steele Realty Consultants, Rhode Island Builders Vice President David Caldwell, Housing Network of Rhode Island/Community Housing Land Trust of Rhode Island Executive Director Melina Lodge, Amy Rainone of Rhode Island Housing, Robert Marshall of the Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council, Lincoln Town Planner Joshua Berry, Providence Department of Planning Director Community Development Emily Freedman, Cranston Tax Assessor Kenneth Mallette, Central Falls Housing Authority Executive Director Bridgett Duquette, United Way of Rhode Island President Cortney M. Nicolato and HousingWorksRI Director Brenda Clement.
For more information, contact:
Meredyth R. Whitty, Publicist
State House Room 20
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 222-1923
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