LACK OF AFFORDABLE housing options are furthering social inequities and impacting health outcomes in Rhode Island, according to the 2021 Housing Fact Book. / COURTESY HOUSINGWORKS RI AT ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY
PROVIDENCE – A growing risk on health posed by older housing stock and increasingly unaffordable options for homes in Rhode Island are furthering social inequities throughout the Ocean State, according to the 2021 Housing Fact Book released on Friday by HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University. And the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated these problems,…