The rising cost of housing across the district is a challenge that jeopardizes the future health of our community. We need to do more to ensure that those who wish to live in Bristol and Warren can do so affordably, especially young working families and our senior citizens. It is a matter of protecting and promoting the incentives that exist for developers to build more affordable housing units using available space in an efficient manner.

We need to create a local economic environment that is attractive for enhanced workforce development and the establishment of more high-value, high pay jobs that can turn more of our neighbors into stable homeowners and renters.

This strong economic base will protect us from steep increases to our tax rate.
Community-wide problems call for solutions that are based in hard work, collaboration and an established level of trust. Let’s make our goals a priority at the State House.

Andy Tyska

Mr. Tyska is a Democratic candidate for R.I. House of Representatives, District 68.