Domenic Delmonico and Jennifer Hawkins
Domenic Delmonico is the executive director of Rhode Island Medicaid at Tufts Health Plan. Jennifer Hawkins is the executive director of ONE Neighborhood Builders.
Voters across Rhode Island signaled their support for producing more affordable homes by approving the $65-million housing bond during the March 2 special election. This is an important win, but it is not a long-term, fix-all solution to address the state’s urgent housing crisis. Rather, it is an important first step and we need to build off this momentum.
Rhode Island s legislature has the opportunity to create a permanent and predictable funding source to create housing year after year. There is no better time to get this done.