Housing
There is a significant housing shortage in Rhode Island and across the country and the Congressman is working hard to ensure that every Rhode Islander has a clean, safe roof over their head. He is dedicated to ensuring local public housing authorities receive the federal funding they need and that every Rhode Islander who needs one has access to housing vouchers and affordable housing options. This also means ensuring affordable housing is accessible to all – regardless of physical ability or disability.
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July 22, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC – This week, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 8294, an Appropriations package laying out Fiscal Year 2023 funding for Transportation, Housing and Urban Development; Agriculture, Rural Development; Energy and Water Development; Financial Services and General Government; Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs; and the Interior, Environment. Included in this package is funding for 11 projects that the Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) submitted to the Appropriations Committee on behalf of his constituents and local organizations.
June 6, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced that Rhode Island is receiving over $2 million in American Rescue Plan funding and State and National AmeriCorps grants to support child development and stable housing access in the Ocean State. The $2,068,124 in federal funding will support an estimated 85 AmeriCorps members in collaboration with NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley, the Providence After School Alliance (PASA), SAGA Innovations tutoring programs, and ServeRI. The federal funds will also be used to increase the AmeriCorps minimum living allowance and to stabilize and expand AmeriCorps programs in Rhode Island.
January 10, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced that Rhode Island has received a total of $52.7 million for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) available this fiscal year, which runs through September 2022.
Issues:
Energy & Environment
Housing
January 7, 2022
Providence, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Congressmen Jim Langevin (D-R.I.) and David Cicilline (D-R.I.) have joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Congressman Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) in sending a bicameral letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Richard Glick urging the agency to use its authority to protect consumers from unfairly high energy costs.
Issues:
Energy & Environment
Housing
August 24, 2021
U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) released the following statement after the House passed a $3.5 trillion budget resolution.