H7556

	2022 -- H 7556
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022
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	J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $300,000 FROM THE AMERICA RESCUE PLAN ACT
	FUNDS FOR THE PORTSMOUTH HOUSING AUTHORITY (PHA)

	Introduced By: Representatives Cortvriend, McGaw, Edwards, and Donovan
	Date Introduced: February 18, 2022
	Referred To: House Finance
1	WHEREAS, The funding provided under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)
2	"provides a unique opportunity for state and local governments to make strategic investments in
3	long-lived assets, rebuild reserves to enhance financial stability, and cover temporary operating
4	shortfalls until economic conditions and operations normalize"; and
5	WHEREAS, Quaker Manor and Quaker Estates which are subsidized elderly/disabled
6	housing are under the oversight authority of the Portsmouth Housing Authority (PHA); and
7	WHEREAS, The buildings, especially Quaker Manor which is now 53 years old, are in
8	need of significant material improvement, most pressing being upgrade or repairs to the building
9	complex heating systems; and
10	WHEREAS, The estimated cost to replace or refurbish the heating systems in the nine
11	Quaker Manor and Quaker Estates buildings is three hundred thousand ($300,000); now,
12	therefore be it
13	RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money from the American
14	Rescue Plan Act in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2022-2023, the sum
15	of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) to the Portsmouth Housing Authority (PHA) to
16	make repairs to Quaker Manor and Quaker Estates; and the state controller is hereby authorized
17	and directed to draw his orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of said sum, or so
18	much thereof as may be from time to time required, upon receipt of properly authenticated

1	vouchers.
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	EXPLANATION
	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
	OF
	J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $300,000 FROM THE AMERICA RESCUE PLAN ACT
	FUNDS FOR THE PORTSMOUTH HOUSING AUTHORITY (PHA)
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1	This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $300,000 to the
2	Portsmouth Housing Authority.
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