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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- H 6068 |
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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. 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO TOWNS AN D CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUS ING |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representatives Noret, Corvese, Finkelman, Read, Dawson, Fascia, and |
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| 17 | 17 | | Morales |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: March 12, 2025 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: House Municipal Government & Housing |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 45-53 of the General Laws entitled "Low and Moderate Income 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Housing" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 45-53-14.1. Reporting by municipalities of single-family low- or moderate-income 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | housing. 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (a) The department of housing ("department"), created pursuant to § 42-64.34-1, in concert 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | with Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation ("corporation"), created pursuant to 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | § 42-55-4, shall maintain: 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) An online database ("database") of rental units and single-family households available 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | for rent or sale that would be considered low- or moderate-income housing. 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) A list of people and their email addresses and/or phone numbers who are interested in 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | renting or purchasing low- or moderate-income housing who have signed up with the department 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | to receive email or text notices of available units for rent or sale. 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) Each municipality within the state shall provide the following information to the 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | department monthly commencing December 31, 2025: 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) Current, updated information on any known inventory of single-family low- or 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | moderate-income housing or rental units in existence and/or under construction and available or 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | soon to be available for purchase or rent; and 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) The contact person or entity and contact information pertaining to properties available 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | for purchase or rent. 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (c) The department shall provide monthly updates of available housing inventory collected 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | pursuant to subsection (b) of this section to any person registered pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | this section by way of email or text to the email address or phone number registered with the 3 |
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| 48 | 48 | | department. 4 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (d) Any developer issued a certificate of occupancy by any city or town for property 5 |
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| 50 | 50 | | considered low- or moderate-income property and any realtor listing a property for rent or sale that 6 |
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| 51 | 51 | | is considered low- or moderate-income property shall provide the location of the property and any 7 |
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| 52 | 52 | | additional information the department may require with the department. 8 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (e) The department shall provide a report to the speaker of the house and senate president 9 |
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| 54 | 54 | | annually by January 31 of the number of single-family low- or moderate-income housing properties 10 |
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| 55 | 55 | | and or rentals in existence and under construction, indexed by municipality, for rent or purchase. 11 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (f) Notice of available statewide rental units and housing collected pursuant to this section 12 |
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| 57 | 57 | | shall be provided monthly to each municipality and municipal housing authority in order to be 13 |
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| 58 | 58 | | made available for public observation in electronic or paper form on site. 14 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (g) The information required by subsection (b) of this section shall be made available to 15 |
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| 60 | 60 | | the public without delay on the department's website by April 2, 2026, and updated monthly 16 |
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| 61 | 61 | | thereafter. 17 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (h) The department is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out 18 |
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| 63 | 63 | | the provisions of this section. 19 |
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| 64 | 64 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 20 |
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| 71 | 71 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 72 | 72 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 73 | 73 | | OF |
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| 74 | 74 | | A N A C T |
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| 75 | 75 | | RELATING TO TOWNS AN D CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSIN G |
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| 77 | 77 | | This act would require municipalities to report to the Rhode Island department of housing 1 |
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| 78 | 78 | | regarding single-family low- or moderate-income housing available to rent or own which 2 |
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| 79 | 79 | | information would then be made available to the public on the department's website and emailed 3 |
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| 80 | 80 | | to interested parties who have provide their address or phone number to the department. 4 |
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| 81 | 81 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 5 |
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