Issue Briefs

Issue Briefs are generally briefer publications that provide an overview of a particular topic of interest.

Over the years, HousingWorks RI has focused a number of Issue Briefs on several important topics, including the linkages between affordable housing and the RI economy, Building Homes Rhode Island – our state's housing bond program that has now been approved by RI voters three times, and the special needs of housing our lowest income households and those experiencing homelessness. In 2018, HousingWorks RI introduced the Scholar Series, which seeks to highlight contemporary research in housing.

Affordable Housing and the Economy

• The Economics of Housing Families, 2015 (.PDF)
  (Published in collaboration with the RI Builders Association)
• Key Players in Housing and Economic Development, 2009 (.PDF)
• Housing: An Economic Engine to Jumpstart Rhode Island's Economy, 2008 (.PDF)

Building Homes Rhode Island

• Building Homes Rhode Island Status Report: Years of Accomplishments, 2020 
• Building Homes Rhode Island: Year Five Update, 2013
• Building Homes Rhode Island: The Housing Bond Year Four Status Report, 2011 (.PDF)
• Building Homes Rhode Island: The Housing Bond Year Three Status Report, 2010 (.PDF)
• Building Homes Rhode Island: The Housing Bond: Year Two Status Report, 2009 (.PDF)
• The Housing Bond: One-Year Status Report, 2007 (.PDF)
• The $50 Million Housing Bond Passed: What Now?, 2007 (.PDF)

Housing Affordability & RI Households

• Seniors and Housing in Rhode Island, 2017 (.PDF)
• Neighborhood Opportunities Program: Helping Low-Income Rhode Island Families Afford a Quality Home, 2010 (.PDF)
• Neighborhood Opportunities Program, 2007 (.PDF)

Homelessness

• Falling Through the Cracks: Homeless Students in Rhode Island, 2019 (.PDF)
• How to End Long-Term Homelessness, 2018 (.PDF)
• Ending Homelessness in RI Through Opening Doors, 2013 (.PDF)
• Fact Sheet on Permanent Supportive Housing, 2011 (.PDF)
• Homelessness in Rhode Island - Gains and Challenges, 2009 (.PDF)
• Ending Homelessness in Rhode Island: The Supportive Housing Approach, 2007 (.PDF)

Scholar Series

• Falling Through the Cracks: Homeless Students in Rhode Island, 2019 (.PDF)
• How to End Long-Term Homelessness, 2018 (.PDF)
• "You Don't Have a Problem Until You Do": Revitalization & Gentrification in Providence, Rhode Island, 2018 (.PDF)

Special Topics 

• "You Don't Have a Problem Until You Do": Revitalization & Gentrification in Providence, Rhode Island, 2018 (.PDF)
• Historic Preservation and Affordable Housing, 2013 (.PDF)
• Rental Housing in Rhode Island, 2012 (.PDF)