Veto override vote fails on Providence City Council’s rent stabilization ordinance

By: Alexander Castro

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: May 15, 2026

Words: 731

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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The Providence City Council’s signature policy effort this year — an effort to install a 4% ceiling on annual rent increases for select apartments in the city — failed to overpower a mayoral veto during a special vote Friday night.

City Councilors who supported the ordinance, including Council President Rachel Miller, needed 10 votes — a supermajority for the 15-member body — to override Providence Mayor Brett Smiley’s veto of the ordinance. Smiley issued …

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