2020 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 42 - State Affairs and Government
Chapter 42-11.2 Affordable Housing Opportunity
Section 42-11.2-11 Tenant eligibility.

§ 42-11.2-11. Tenant eligibility.

(a) In order to be eligible to reside in a unit assisted under this chapter, the tenant must be a low-income family as defined in § 42-11.2-3.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a tenant is eligible to reside in a unit assisted under this chapter if:

(1) The tenant was a low-income family at the time the tenant initially moved into the unit assisted under this chapter; or

(2) The tenant resided in the unit assisted under this chapter at the time that the unit first became assisted under this chapter.

(c)(1) Any facility that operates in any manner as a homeless shelter and is located on state property that can accommodate up to five (5) homeless individuals shall not permit more than one bed to be utilized by persons registered, or who are required to register, as a sex offender under the laws of this state or of any other jurisdiction.

(2) Any facility that operates in any manner as a homeless shelter and is located on state property that can accommodate not less than six (6) nor more than twenty (20) homeless individuals shall not permit more than two (2) beds to be utilized by persons registered, or who are required to register, as a sex offender under the laws of this state or of any other jurisdiction.

(3) Any facility that operates in any manner as a homeless shelter and is located on state property that can accommodate at least twenty-one (21) and no more than fifty (50) homeless individuals shall not permit more than five (5) of the beds in the facility to be utilized to shelter persons who are registered, or are required to register, as a sex offender under the laws of this state or of any other jurisdiction.

(4) Any facility that operates in any manner as a homeless shelter and is located on state property that can accommodate more than fifty (50) homeless individuals shall not permit more than ten percent (10%) of the beds in the facility to be utilized to shelter persons who are registered, or are required to register, as a sex offender under the laws of this state or of any other jurisdiction.

(5) The state shall not establish nor maintain any homeless shelter within one thousand feet (1,000') of a homeless shelter in existence as of January 1, 2017.

(6) None of the limitations and restrictions in subsections (c)(1) through (c)(5) shall apply to any healthcare facility.

History of Section.
(P.L. 1988, ch. 579, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 392, § 1.)