Housing and Homeownership. 2026 results by city or town, from Rhode Island's official results file: Approve 61.3%, Reject 38.7% statewide.
Statewide
On the ballot: 2. HOUSING AND HOMEOWNERSHIP - $120,000,000. To increase and preserve the availability of affordable and accessible housing to meet the needs of all Rhode Islanders and support community revitalization through the redevelopment of existing structures, new construction, property acquisition, and infrastructure improvements. Of this amount, at least twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be allocated towards increasing production of housing intended for homeownership and up to ten million dollars ($10,000,000) may be used to support a program for public housing development.
Approve
Your vote to “Approve” means that you support the State issuing $120,000,000 in general obligation bonds to increase housing and homeownership.
Reject
Your vote to “Reject” means that you are against the State issuing $120,000,000 in general obligation bonds to increase housing and homeownership.
The state's unofficial totals. We don't call measures.
By city or town
39 cities and towns: Approve has the most votes in 28, Reject has the most votes in 11. The figures for each city or town are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.
City or town
Approve
Reject
Votes
Barrington
60.4%
39.6%
7,759
Bristol
62.0%
38.0%
8,052
Burrillville
44.7%
55.3%
5,739
Central Falls
85.2%
14.8%
2,034
Charlestown
53.3%
46.7%
4,040
Coventry
47.4%
52.6%
13,449
Cranston
62.7%
37.3%
27,609
Cumberland
58.0%
42.0%
12,283
East Greenwich
55.9%
44.1%
6,341
East Providence
64.0%
36.0%
16,245
Exeter
43.0%
57.0%
2,902
Foster
40.6%
59.4%
2,071
Glocester
41.5%
58.5%
4,425
Hopkinton
45.6%
54.4%
3,591
Jamestown
61.4%
38.6%
3,151
Johnston
55.1%
44.9%
9,265
Lincoln
53.0%
47.0%
8,840
Little Compton
58.7%
41.3%
2,063
Middletown
62.3%
37.7%
5,592
Narragansett
56.3%
43.7%
6,545
New Shoreham
76.3%
23.7%
634
Newport
69.8%
30.2%
7,096
North Kingstown
51.8%
48.2%
12,730
North Providence
66.8%
33.2%
10,133
North Smithfield
50.3%
49.7%
4,801
Pawtucket
79.5%
20.5%
15,143
Portsmouth
56.4%
43.6%
7,684
Providence
86.2%
13.8%
38,648
Richmond
45.3%
54.7%
3,586
Scituate
42.0%
58.0%
4,435
Smithfield
47.8%
52.2%
8,147
South Kingstown
62.2%
37.8%
12,496
Tiverton
49.3%
50.7%
6,029
Warren
57.9%
42.1%
4,146
Warwick
57.9%
42.1%
31,630
West Greenwich
38.5%
61.5%
2,784
West Warwick
60.9%
39.1%
9,138
Westerly
61.8%
38.2%
8,706
Woonsocket
64.6%
35.4%
7,560
The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.
