Rhode Island § 42-128-6 § 42-128-6. Rhode Island advisory council on housing and homelessness — Membership and terms — Officers — Meetings.

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§ 42-128-6 — § 42-128-6. Rhode Island advisory council on housing and homelessness — Membership and terms — Officers — Meetings.

Rhode Island § 42-128-6

Title 42State Affairs and Government

Ch. 42-128Rhode Island Housing Resources Act of 1998

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-128-6 (2026).

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§ 42-128-6. Rhode Island advisory council on housing and homelessness — Membership and terms —
               Officers — Meetings.
(a) There hereby is created the advisory council on housing and homelessness which shall
            have the powers and duties set forth in this chapter.
         
(b) Membership. The advisory council on housing and homelessness shall have up to twenty (20) members
            appointed by the governor who have knowledge of, and have a demonstrated interest
            in, housing issues as they affect low- and moderate-income people and people experiencing
            homelessness. The members will collectively represent a broad and diver

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§ 42-128-6. Rhode Island advisory council on housing and homelessness — Membership and terms — Officers — Meetings.

(a) There hereby is created the advisory council on housing and homelessness which shall have the powers and duties set forth in this chapter.

(b) Membership. The advisory council on housing and homelessness shall have up to twenty (20) members appointed by the governor who have knowledge of, and have a demonstrated interest in, housing issues as they affect low- and moderate-income people and people experiencing homelessness. The members will collectively represent a broad and diverse range of perspectives including, but not limited to, people with lived experience of homelessness, tenants, landlords, nonprofit developers, for-profit developers, homelessness services providers, public housing authorities, representatives of municipalities, builders, building officials, fair housing interests, and community development intermediaries.

(1) The terms of appointed members shall be three (3) years. No member may serve more than two (2) successive terms.

(c) Officers. The governor shall appoint the chairperson of the council. The council shall elect annually a vice-chairperson, who shall be empowered to preside at meetings in the absence of the chairperson.

(d) Expenses. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.

(e) Meetings. Meetings of the council shall be held at least quarterly, or more frequently upon the request of the secretary of housing. A majority of members of the council, not including vacancies, shall constitute a quorum, and no vacancy in the membership of the council shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all of the duties of the council.

Legislative History

P.L. 1998, ch. 31, art. 29, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 30, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 92, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 429, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 465, § 1; P.L. 2022, ch. 265, § 1, effective July 2, 2022; P.L. 2022, ch. 307, § 1, effective July 6, 2022; P.L. 2025, ch. 278, art. 9, § 6, effective June 29, 2025.