Title 45
Towns and Cities

Chapter 53
Low and Moderate Income Housing

§ 45-53-12. Annual report.

(a) [Deleted by P.L. 2025, ch. 156, § 1, P.L. 2025, ch. 157, § 1, and P.L. 2025, ch. 278, art. 9, § 17.]

(b)  The executive office of housing shall prepare a report (“report”) on an annual basis to the general assembly, the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation, and the division of statewide planning. The report required by this section shall be made available on the executive office of housing website for a period of at least three (3) years, and shall be deemed to be a public record. The report shall be due on or before April 15 of each year.

(c) The annual report required by this section shall contain the following information for the twelve-month (12) calendar period covered by the report commencing January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022, and annually thereafter on an aggregated and disaggregated basis by each public housing authority:

(1) The amount of fees in lieu collected by each municipality from developers in lieu of development of low- and moderate-income housing as defined in § 45-24-46.1, the projects that were provided funding by the fees, the amounts allocated to the projects, and the number of units created. The information required by this subsection shall be provided by all municipalities directly to the executive office of housing.

(2) The amount of “leasing potential” as defined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The information required by this subsection shall be provided by all public housing authorities or agencies directly to the executive office of housing.

(3) The total number of vouchers received and utilized by all public housing authorities in the state during the preceding calendar year.

(4) The administrative fees received and utilized by the public housing authorities to administer the vouchers.

(d) As used herein, the term “public housing authority and agency” means and includes any public housing authority or agency established under chapter 25 of this title or chapter 26 of this title.