Rhode Island’s housing policy needs fundamental changes to produce real returns on investment

By: Michael DiBiase, Jeffrey S. Hamill

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: June 5, 2026

Words: 635

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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In response to Rhode Island’s daunting housing affordability challenges, state policymakers have advanced key policy initiatives. They enacted numerous land use reforms, resulting in a substantial uptick in building permits. They transformed the state’s fragmented governance model with a more centralized strategy under a newly established Executive Office of Housing. And they’ve made enormous capital investments over the last several years and dedicated new streams of revenue to housing, addressing decades of historical …

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