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Group Urges Providence, R.I.-Area Town to Increase Ratio of Affordable Housing.

By Paul Davis, Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 18--SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I.--A grass roots group is pressing the town to strengthen its affordable housing plan.

The plan should include a separate housing board, an annual review, and reward developers who mix affordable homes with expensive ones, the group said. "It needs more teeth," said affordable housing advocate Bill Flynn, a member of the Coalition to Support the Sokoloff Plan.

The town last year hired consultant Barbara Sokoloff to study the town's housin

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