Allows the town of Tiverton, with an aggregate of 500 or more units proposed in a comprehensive permit project, to enact a short-term emergency moratorium until the permit laws are amended.

## Summary of the Bill

This bill would give the town of Tiverton, Rhode Island, the ability to temporarily pause (or "moratorium") the processing of certain large affordable housing development applications. Specifically, it applies when a comprehensive permit project — a type of application used to build low and moderate income housing — proposes 500 or more total units in the town. If that threshold is met, Tiverton's town government could put a short-term emergency hold on those projects.

The moratorium would remain in place only until the state's comprehensive permit laws are updated or amended. Comprehensive permits allow developers to bypass some local zoning rules to build affordable housing, and this bill essentially gives Tiverton a temporary tool to hit the brakes on very large projects while the state reconsiders how those permit laws work.

This bill directly affects the town of Tiverton and anyone proposing or involved in large-scale affordable housing developments there. Developers with projects of 500 or more units would face a delay in moving forward with their plans. Town residents and officials would gain a temporary ability to prevent such large projects from being approved while awaiting changes to the broader state laws governing affordable housing permits. The bill has been introduced in the Rhode Island House and referred to the Municipal Government & Housing committee for consideration.