Town Planners

If you are a Town Planner or member of your local Affordable Housing Committee who is interested in learning more about affordable homes, we encourage you to look at our data specific to each Rhode Island municipality. You can also see what other locally driven, affordable housing strategies are happening around Rhode Island.

Five Year Strategic Housing Plan: 2006-2010
An analysis of Rhode Island's housing needs, a projected preservation and production timeline, and an Action Plan for creating 5,000 units in 5 years. http://www.planning.ri.gov/housing/shp06.pdf 

Building a Strategy
This is a very infomative site about how to create a successful housing strategy for your community, and how to tailor that strategy to your community. Includes case studies, community profiles, and suggestions for funding affordable housing developments in your municipality. http://www.housingpolicy.org/building_a_strategy/index.html

"Why Not In Our Community?" - Removing Barriers to Affordable Housing
From the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, this 2005 richly researched update re: regulatory barriers to affordable housing. Some startling findings: excessive regulation adds tens of thousands of dollars to the cost of homes. "Removing affordable housing barriers could reduce development costs by up to 35%."  http://www.huduser.org/portal/publications/affhsg/whynotourComm.html