ACLU calls on Narragansett to repeal local laws limiting housing for unrelated tenants

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ACLU calls on Narragansett to repeal local laws limiting housing for unrelated tenants

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (WPRI) — The ACLU of Rhode Island is calling on Narragansett to get rid of local ordinances that limit how many unrelated people can live in the same home, arguing the local rules contradict a newly enacted state law. The R.I. General Assembly this year passed a swath of housing legislation aimed at addressing what state leaders are calling a housing crisis. The legislative package included a new law that allows more unrelated…