rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/support-state-funded-rental-subsidy?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-support-state-funded-rental-subsidy' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Say Yes to Invest https://actionnetwork.org/groups/say-yes-to-invest https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg Rhode Island has made important progress in expanding housing supply through bonds, zoning reform, and production incentives, resulting in the construction of new and preservation of existing long-term affordable homes. Yet for many households with the lowest incomes, new housing alone does not solve the affordability gap. Today, Rhode Island faces a shortage of more than 23,000 rental homes affordable and available to extremely low-income households (NLIHC, 2025), and more than 70% of extremely low-income renters are cost-burdened (HousingWorks RI, 2025). The result is visible in every community: longer shelter stays, increased housing instability, and more people forced into unsafe or unsheltered situations. H7803 and S2681 create a practical and proven tool to address this challenge by establishing a state rental subsidy that can be paired with housing production and resources to create deeply affordable homes. By ensuring eligible households pay no more than 30% of income toward rent, the program would help bridge the gap between extremely low household incomes and the actual cost of operating quality housing. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/support-state-funded-rental-subsidy