Helpful Resources for Rhode Island Tenants
Affordable Housing Resource Guide
For the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Affordable Housing Resource Guide, please click here for English or haga clic aquí para español.
Landlord Tenant Handbook
If you are a tenant and wish to know your rights and responsibilities under RI Landlord Tenant Act, click here to download the Landlord Tenant Handbook 2024
Rental Guide
- Eviction FAQ
- For a complete listing of Public Housing Authorities and Affordable Housing Developments click here to down load the Rhode Island Rental Resource Guide
Maintaining Your Home
- To connect with a Community Action Agency near you, please visit Rhode Island Association of Community Action Agencies
- For information on how to keep your home healthy, please visit Green and Healthy Homes Initiative
- For information regarding RI’s Lead Law and Lead Poisoning, please visit RI Department of Health
- If you need assistance after a disaster, please visit Red Cross
- For basic needs referrals, please visit United Way of Rhode Island 2-1-1
Housing Discrimination
If you believe you have been a victim of housing discrimination, please visit:
- Effective April 15, 2021, it is illegal for a landlord to discriminate against you based on your source of income (such as a Section 8 Voucher, etc).
- For more information or to file a complaint visit South Coast Fair Housing, and RI Commission for Human Rights.
- South Coast Fair Housing
- Rhode Island Legal Services
- RI Commission for Human Rights (file a complaint)
- RI Attorney General (file a complaint)
Energy Assistance
- If you need information about qualifying for the low income electric rate with RI Energy, please click here for English or haga clic aquí para español.
- If you are interested in energy efficiency programs, please click here for English or haga clic aquí para español.
Heating assistance is available through CAP agencies via the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Visit your community’s CAP agency to apply:
- Blackstone Valley Residents: Blackstone Valley Community Action Program. www.bvcap.org/
- Coventry, Cranston, Foster, and Scituate Residents: Comprehensive Community Action Program. www.comcap.org/
- East Providence, Warren, Bristol, and Barrington Residents, & Newport, Portsmouth, Tiverton, Middletown, Jamestown, and Little Compton Residents: East Bay Community Action Program. www.ebcap.org/
- Johnston, North Providence, North Smithfield, Smithfield, Burrillville and Glocester Residents & Exeter, Charlestown, Narragansett, Westerly, North/ South Kingstown, Richmond, West Greenwich and New Shoreham Residents: Tri-County Communication Action Agency. www.tricountyri.org/
- Providence Residents: Community Action Partnership of Providence. www.cappri.org/programs/low-income-home-energy-assistance-liheap
- Warwick, West Warwick, and East Greenwich Residents: West Bay Community Action Program. www.westbaycap.org
- Woonsocket Residents: Community Care Alliance. www.communitycareri.org/