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4/1/2025
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House approves Chairman Craven’s bill that addresses housing crisis
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Legislation is part of Speaker Shekarchi’s 2025 12-bill housing package
STATE HOUSE – The House today approved legislation sponsored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Robert E. Craven Sr. that would make it easier to build much-needed housing in Rhode Island.
The bill is part of House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi’s (D-Dist. 23, Warwick) 12-bill package of legislation regarding housing issues, his fifth comprehensive suite of housing bills since becoming Speaker in 2021.
“While our state desperately needs new housing construction of all kinds, this bill will help ease the difficult process of building more housing by taking advantage of land that has historically been off-limits to residential zoning. The only way out of Rhode Island’s housing crisis is to build more units and this piece of legislation will assist in making that goal a reality,” said Chairman Craven (D-Dist. 32, North Kingstown).
The legislation (2025-H 5800) would require municipalities to provide for village or mixed-use zoning to allow residential use in some or all areas of their commercial zoning districts. The bill would take effect on January 1, 2026, and it now heads to the Senate for consideration.
For more information, contact:
Andrew Caruolo, Publicist
State House Room 20
Providence, RI 02903
(401)222-6124
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