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guiding questions
  • What does the housing ecosystem in Rhode Island look like? How do institutions like non-profits, community development corporations, courts, private sector real estate entities, public housing authorities, city and state committees, etc. interact with one another in order to develop and manage affordable housing?

  • What is the best way to organize and visualize this information? How do we make our visualizations most helpful to a variety of stakeholders, including non-profit organizers, legislators and community partners?

 

  • We produced a housing ecosystem booklet, which you can access here, or view our presentation

  • We compiled a list of all the active housing organizations in the state, which you can access here

    • Housing ecosystem is extensive, with 172 housing organizations; 448 subsidized affordable housing developments; 32 policies and programs

  • Many organizations perform several overlapping functions. Are resources potentially spread thin?

findings + products
booklet + graphics
download our booklet
housing resource spreadsheet
click here to access
potential next steps

In the future, we would like the spreadsheet to be taken up by a specific organization so that they can maintain and thoroughly fact check it. Other next steps include:

  • divide up the organizations in the spreadsheet even further into organizations that serve specific identities and communities 

  • create a front-end website that allows those seeking housing and services to look up specific organizations

  • more deeply analyze the contents of the spreadsheet, including evaluating the effectiveness of the system, identifying relationships and patterns and finding overlaps in funding and services provided. 

researchers

Ruth Bamuwamye,  Urban Studies & Economics '19

Brandon Huang, Urban Studies & Computer Science '19 

Cynthia Lu, Public Policy '21

Alicia Mies, Urban Studies '21

community partners

​The Helen Hudson Foundation

The Housing Opportunities Initiative

HousingWorks RI

The Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless (RICH)

Rhode Island Housing

The Rhode Island State Council of Churches

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