Proposed Legislation Would Create Environmental Justice Zones in R.I.
The legislation would empower state agencies to consider public health decisions during the permitting process.
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Mind the Gap: R.I.’s Affordable Housing Stock Fails to Meet Need
The gap between housing costs and what many Rhode Islanders can afford has been a persistent — and routinely ignored — problem for sometime. Decades of underinvestment in affordable housing development has forced the state’s lowest-income renters to rent apartments beyond what they can afford.
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