Breaking Down the Ballot: What to Know About
the $120 Million Housing Bond Referendum

Voters will decide whether to increase the availability of housing, support community revitalization
and promote home ownership.

LISC
Share
LISC
Breaking Down the Ballot: What to Know About
the $120 Million Housing Bond Referendum
Copy

On Nov. 5, Rhode Island voters will have the opportunity to weigh in on five statewide ballot questions.

Question No. 3 asks voters to approve a $120 million bond to “increase the availability of housing, support community revitalization, and promote home ownership.”

Jay O’Grady, the senior program officer for the Rhode Island branch of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), a nonprofit that supports community development initiatives, spoke with Luis Hernandez of The Public’s Radio.

This interview was conducted by The Public’s Radio. You can read the story here.

A federal judge allowed construction to resume, delivering a temporary win for offshore wind amid Trump’s push to halt the project
Climate change makes a lot of us feel anxious, overwhelmed, or helpless. This week on Possibly we travel north, to a place where people can unpack all of these feelings
Bishop Bruce Lewandowski led prayers outside the facility that houses some ICE detainees in part to protest the recent killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis
Complaints pile up as R.I. Department of Administration rolls out new payroll system after six years of planning
More than 7,250 overtime hours were logged between Dec.13 and Dec. 23 by city police
An expert commission recommends that the state take on hundreds of millions of dollars in costs currently borne by local school districts