Immediate Need for Housing

Approving Question 3 will have a significant impact not just on the need for affordable housing, but on some of the most pressing, immediate issues Rhode Island is facing today.

The rate of demand for households outpaced population growth in all seven regions. It was double or more in North RI; Southeast RI; South RI; and Central RI.
Investing in affordable housing will create safe, permanent housing for homeless families with children and working adults who cannot afford a place to live.
85% of the state’s communities experienced increased proportion of renters paying 50 percent or more of their income toward rent.