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CaptnProlapse t1_iqxc1w1 wrote

Well it's a self solving problem....

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rhodyjourno OP t1_iqxdyij wrote

If you are able to read the story, it talks about how people also simply can't find apartments because of the lack of a housing stock in Rhode Island. Here's a snippet from the story:

There are 49,032 extremely low-income households in Rhode Island and a shortage of 24,050 affordable and available rental homes — which is an 11 percent increase in shortages compared to 2021, according to The Gap. “I think that number is fairly conservative,” noted Cortney Nicolato, the CEO of United Way of Rhode Island, on a call Monday.
So people who do have housing vouchers, which help pay the rent, are at risk of losing them. If they can’t find an apartment by the six-month deadline, the vouchers will be taken away. Some people wait years to get on a housing voucher list.
“If you have a safe space to live in another state, we’ll send you there,” said Hunt. “I just sent a mom and her daughter to Oregon because they had family out there. It was a one-way ticket. They can’t come back. There’s nothing here for them.”

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MT_Photos t1_iqyorhj wrote

Haven't heard either gubernatorial candidate be asked about this or the fact that only luxury housing is built. "Market rate" is all I see or hear for apartments going up

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CaptaiinCrunch t1_ir3r8z1 wrote

That's some lazy trolling right there.

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CaptnProlapse t1_ir3to7d wrote

Captain to Captain....you right.

But I'm not wrong. Either leave your car doors unlocked or donate to homeless shelters if you actually care.

I spent months in Kennedy Plaza Park with Occupy. We got RI to open a homeless shelter. Then they voted it closed as soon as closing it was on a ballot.

I don't have much faith in the bluest state. Yall are still red at heart.

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