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Rhode Island's Housing Battle | Providence News
Rhode Island’s housing crisis is heating up as gubernatorial candidates clash over solutions: Governor Dan McKee touts 7,000 new units built or underway, aiming for 15,000 by 2030 through partnerships and streamlined permitting, while former CVS exec Helena Foulkes pushes transit-oriented development and a millionaire’s tax-funded housing fund to build 20,000 units in eight years. With median home prices soaring past half a million, experts question decades of stalled affordability progress and the efficiency of current subsidies. Foulkes’ plan includes rental aid and public development, seen…
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