Title 42, Title 42 Affairs and Government

Each eligible tenant receiving benefits under this chapter shall pay thirty percent (30%) of the tenant’s adjusted income for its housing costs. Any amounts paid on behalf of tenants under the rental assistance program shall not be considered in determining the amount of welfare …

The executive department shall promptly develop regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter, pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, chapter 35 of this title. These regulations may include the establishment of priorities for review of applications from owners i…

On or before January 15 of each calendar year, the executive department shall publish an annual report regarding its administration of the affordable housing opportunity program established under this chapter during the preceding calendar year, and shall include, at a minimum, th…

Seventy percent (70%) of all funds appropriated to carry out the provisions of this chapter shall be designated for contracts entered into with eligible owners pursuant to § 42-11.2-3(b)(1), and thirty percent (30%) of all such funds shall be designated for contracts entered into…

The general assembly recognizes and declares the following purpose for enacting this chapter: (1) There exists a serious shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary rental housing units that are available at rents affordable to low-income families in Rhode Island. Many families are de…

Terms used in this chapter shall be defined as follows, unless another meaning is expressed or clearly apparent from the language or context: (1) “Eligible owner” means any of the following entities, provided that it shall have the legal right to lease or sublease existing, newly…

The executive department is hereby authorized to enter into contracts, not to exceed twenty (20) years in duration, to make rental assistance payments to eligible owners that acquire, construct, or substantially rehabilitate housing in which at least fifty percent (50%) of the un…

(a) The executive department shall take applications for the unit based rental assistance program from eligible owners or prospective eligible owners of units eligible for assistance under this chapter. (b) The executive department shall require, as prerequisites to its approval …

The monthly rental assistance payments for units eligible for assistance under this chapter shall be the difference between the housing costs for the unit, and the rent the family is required to pay under this chapter.

Contracts to make rental assistance payments under this chapter shall provide that: (1) The duration of rental assistance payments thereunder shall not exceed or extend beyond the duration of principal payments due and owing by the eligible owner upon the primary financing of the…

The executive department shall administer the affordable housing opportunity program in a manner that will cause the least permanent displacement of persons occupying existing dwelling units which may be assisted under this chapter.

The executive department shall determine a fair market rent for each unit assisted under this chapter in an amount that is no greater than the maximum fair market rent for the particular size unit as established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Sect…