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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 6297 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC002798 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 15 | 15 | | MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $28,000,000 TO OLNEYVILLE HOUSING |
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| 16 | 16 | | CORPORATION (DBA ONE NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDER S), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH |
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| 17 | 17 | | CROSSROADS RI, FOSTER FORWARD, AND FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND |
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| 18 | 18 | | Introduced By: Representatives Kazarian, Dawson, Casimiro, Henries, and Speakman |
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| 19 | 19 | | Date Introduced: April 19, 2023 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Referred To: House Finance |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, Rhode Island is experiencing a crisis as it relates to the availability and 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | production of affordable housing; and 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, The National Low Income Housing Coalition reported that Rhode Island has 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | an availability shortage of 47,758 rental homes for those who earn up to 50 percent of the area 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | median income (AMI); and 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | WHEREAS, Addressing Rhode Island’s affordable housing crisis will require a 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | collaborative approach from nonprofit organizations, local, state, and federal government, and 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | private philanthropy; and 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | WHEREAS, Rhode Island’s coordinated entry system for those experiencing 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | homelessness stands at a record 1,395 individuals and families in need of affordable housing; and 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | WHEREAS, Rhode Island has struggled to provide adequate resources for affordable 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | housing for youth aging out of foster care and DCYF; and 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | WHEREAS, ONE Neighborhood Builders, Crossroads RI, Foster Forward, and Family 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Service of Rhode Island, all Rhode Island based 501c3 not-for-profit organizations and 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | hereinafter referred to as “The Collaborative”, have formed an historic partnership to help address 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Rhode Island’s housing crisis; and 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | WHEREAS, The Collaborative has secured site control of a 3 acre property located at 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 330, 350, and 354 Taunton Avenue in East Providence, Rhode Island, and has developed a plan to 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | build 160 units of affordable housing that will serve -- amongst other residents -- youth aging out 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | LC002798 - Page 2 of 3 |
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| 45 | 45 | | of foster care and DCYF supervision, families who are at risk of or are involved with DCYF due 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | to a lack of affordable housing, backlogged applicants to the coordinated entry system for the 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | homeless, and low- to moderate-income individuals and families; and 3 |
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| 48 | 48 | | WHEREAS, The Collaborative will construct an early learning center on the ground-4 |
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| 49 | 49 | | floor and will lease the space to a qualified nonprofit operator, thereby providing more families 5 |
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| 50 | 50 | | access to high-quality childcare; and 6 |
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| 51 | 51 | | WHEREAS, This significant development will make an immediate impact on the supply 7 |
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| 52 | 52 | | of affordable housing in Rhode Island, particularly for some of Rhode Island’s most vulnerable 8 |
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| 53 | 53 | | populations; now, therefore be it 9 |
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| 54 | 54 | | RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not 10 |
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| 55 | 55 | | otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2023-2024, the sum of twenty eight million dollars 11 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ($28,000,000) to Olneyville Housing Corporation (dba ONE Neighborhood Builders), in 12 |
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| 57 | 57 | | partnership with Crossroads RI, Foster Forward, and Family Service of Rhode Island, to develop 13 |
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| 58 | 58 | | the property located at 330, 350, and 354 Taunton Avenue in East Providence into 160 urgently 14 |
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| 59 | 59 | | needed affordable apartments; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw 15 |
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| 60 | 60 | | his orders upon the general treasurer for payment of said sum, or so much thereof as may be from 16 |
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| 61 | 61 | | time to time required, upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers. 17 |
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| 68 | 68 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 69 | 69 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 70 | 70 | | OF |
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| 71 | 71 | | J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 72 | 72 | | MAKING AN APPROPRIAT ION OF $28,000,000 TO OLNEYVILLE HOUSING |
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| 73 | 73 | | CORPORATION (DBA ONE NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDER S), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH |
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| 74 | 74 | | CROSSROADS RI, FOSTER FORWARD, AND FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND |
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| 75 | 75 | | *** |
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| 76 | 76 | | This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $28,000,000 to 1 |
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| 77 | 77 | | Olneyville Housing Corporation (dba ONE Neighborhood Builders), in partnership with 2 |
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| 78 | 78 | | Crossroads RI, Foster Forward, and Family Service of Rhode Island. 3 |
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