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  2. Housing Needs By State

Rhode Island

  • State Data Overview

    Across Rhode Island, there is a shortage of rental homes affordable and available to extremely low income households (ELI), whose incomes are at or below the poverty guideline or 30% of their area median income (AMI). Many of these households are severely cost burdened, spending more than half of their income on housing. Severely cost burdened poor households are more likely than other renters to sacrifice other necessities like healthy food and healthcare to pay the rent, and to experience unstable housing situations like evictions.

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    46,341
    Or
    29%
    Renter households that are extremely low income
    -24,679
    Shortage of rental homes affordable and available for extremely low income renters
    $31,970
    Average income limit for 4-person extremely low income household
    $65,954
    Annual household income needed to afford a two-bedroom rental home at HUD's Fair Market Rent.
    64%
    Percent of extremely low income renter households with severe cost burden
  • State Level Partners

    NLIHC Housing Advocacy Organizer

    Lindsay Duvall

    Lindsay Duvall

    202-662-1530 x206 | [email protected]

    State Partners

    Housing Network of Rhode Island

    1070 Main Street

    Pawtucket, RI 02860

    P 401-721-5680

    www.housingnetworkri.org

    Melina Lodge, Executive Director

    [email protected]

    Katie West, Manager, Homes RI

    [email protected]

    Rhode Island Coalition to End Homelessness

    225 Dyer St., 2nd floor

    Providence, RI 02903

    P 401-721-5685

    www.rihomeless.org

    Kim Simmons, Executive Director

    [email protected]

    Margaux Morisseau, Deputy Director

    [email protected]

    Become an NLIHC State Partner

    NLIHC’s affiliation with our state coalition partners is central to our advocacy efforts. Although our partners' involvement varies, they are all housing and homeless advocacy organizations engaged at the state and federal level. Many are traditional coalitions with a range of members; others are local organizations that serve more informally as NLIHC's point of contact.

    Inquire about becoming a state partner by contacting [email protected]

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  • Housing Trust Fund
    HTF Implementation Information

    NLIHC continues working with leaders in each state and the District of Columbia who will mobilize advocates in support of HTF allocation plans that benefit ELI renters to the greatest extent possible. Please contact the point person coordinating with NLIHC in your state (below) to find out about the public participation process and how you can be involved. Email Lindsay Duvall with any questions.

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    Current Year HTF Allocation

    $2,982,433

    See Allocation Amount for Prior Year

    HTF State Resources

    2019

    RFP and Scoring for HTF and HOME (PDF)

    Draft Annual Action Plan, HTF starting on page 31 (PDF)

    2018

    Final Annual Action Plan, with HTF discussion pages 33-40 and 200-208 (PDF)

    2017

    Final Annual Action Plan, with HTF discussion pages 32-39 (PDF)

    Draft Annual Action Plan, with HTF discussion pages 28-32 (PDF)

    Public participation notice for 2017 Action Plan (PDF)

    2016

    HUD-Approved HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)

    July 29 Version sent to HUD (PDF)

    Final HTF Allocation Plan by Rhode Island Housing (PDF)

    HTF Model Allocation Plan (PDF)

    State Designated Entity

    State Entity Webpage 
    Rhode Island Housing


    Official Directly Involved with HTF Implementation

    Lauren Farley 
    Rhode Island Housing 
    Program Coordinator/Home 
    401-429-1412 
    [email protected]

    Brittany Toomey
    [email protected]


    NHTF-specific Pages 
    Housing Trust Fund Resources  
    Annual Action Plans

    Learn More About HTF

    Getting Started Report (11 MB)
  • Resources
    Resources

    Housing Profiles

    State Housing Profile

    State Housing Profile: Rhode Island (PDF)

    Congressional District Housing Profile

    Congressional District Profile: Rhode Island (PDF)


    Research and Data

    National Housing Preservation Database

    The National Housing Preservation Database is an address-level inventory of federally assisted rental housing in the United States.

    Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing

    Out of Reach documents the gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing. In Rhode Island and Nationwide

    The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes

    The Gap represents data on the affordable housing supply and housing cost burdens at the national, state, and metropolitan levels. In Rhode Island and Nationwide

    Other Links

    Rhode Island's State Housing Wage

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