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‘We have clearly reached a crisis’: House Speaker Shekarchi makes housing his priority
Edward Fitzpatrick
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The Women s Development Corporation s Shannock Village Cottages housing development in Charlestown, Rhode Island.
PROVIDENCE During his seven-year tenure, former Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello made the elimination of car taxes his priority. This year, while the car tax phaseout continues, new House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi is putting the power of his position behind a new priority: housing.
Shekarchi, a Warwick Democrat, has introduced a package of seven housing bills, and some are starting to become law.
On April 19, Governor Daniel J. McKee signed a bill into law prohibiting landlords from refusing to rent to people with government housing vouchers. Other bills would create a high-level “housing czar” position within state government and allow cities and towns to count � ....

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