Common-sense housing solutions Rhode Island must embrace

Rhode Islanders searching for a home in today’s housing market experience a cruel game of musical chairs. With too few homes available to rent or buy, wealthier families who can win a bidding war or pay rising rental prices get better access to limited opportunities. Those with less resources at their disposal are left to make do, move further away from their job or community, or even leave the state entirely.

The fact that Rhode Island has a housing shortage is well documented. We need to build approximately 24,000 additional homes just to meet the demand of our current residents. The good news is that there are tested and popular solutions to the problems we face.