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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.
Housing Profiles
Rhode Island
Key Facts
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50,063 OR 30%
Renter households that are extremely low-income
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-23,222
Shortage of rental homes affordable and available for extremely low-income renters
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$31,970
Average income limit for 4-person extremely low income household
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$70,617
Annual household income needed to afford a two-bedroom rental home at HUD's Fair Market Rent (FMR)
Impact on Low-Wage Workers
A minimum wage worker would need to work:
- 68 hours per week or 1.7 full-time jobs to afford a 1-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
- 85 hours per week or 2.1 full-time jobs to afford a 2-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
Most Expensive Areas 2-Bedroom Housing Wage Newport-Middleton-Portsmouth HMFA $44.50 Providence-Fall River HMFA $33.25 Westerly-Hopkinton-New Shoreham HMFA $33.10 Common Occupations Median Hourly Wage Nursing Assistants $22.95 Home Health and Personal Care Aides $21.58 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners $18.44 Retail Salespersons $17.23 Fast Food and Counter Workers $15.56 Solutions
- Provide significant resources to build and preserve homes affordable to renters with the lowest incomes through investments in public housing and the national Housing Trust Fund
- Encourage states and local communities to reform zoning and land use regulations that prevent housing from being built and push up housing costs
- Bridge the gap between incomes and housing costs by expanding rental assistance so that it is universally available to all eligible households or consider other innovative approaches, such as a fully refundable renters’ tax credit
- Prevent evictions and homelessness by creating permanent tools, such as emergency rental assistance, to help stabilize families in crisis
- Other federal housing resources, including the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, should be reformed to better address the shortage of rental housing affordable to the lowest-income households.
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State Level Partners
NLIHC Housing Advocacy Organizer
Zenayah Roaché
State PartnersHousing Network of Rhode Island
1070 Main Street
Pawtucket, RI 02860
Melina Lodge, Executive Director
Katie West, Manager, Homes RI
Rhode Island Coalition to End Homelessness
225 Dyer St., 2nd floor
Providence, RI 02903
Kim Simmons, Executive Director
Margaux Morisseau, Deputy Director
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 FundHTF 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.
Current Year HTF Allocation$2,982,433
HTF State Resources2019
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)
State Designated EntityState Entity Webpage
Rhode Island HousingOfficial Directly Involved with HTF ImplementationLauren Farley
Rhode Island Housing
Program Coordinator/Home
401-429-1412
[email protected]Brittany Toomey
[email protected]NHTF-specific Pages
Housing Trust Fund Resources
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ResourcesResources
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
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