This month’s Fresh Friday featured practitioners who are advancing code enforcement reforms in Rhode Island and a discussion that considered strategies that can make code enforcement more equitable and effective at improving housing quality and stability. 

ONE Neighborhood Buillders’ Lucy Berman facilitated the panel, which included: 

  • Libby Benton, Senior Counsel, Center for Community Progress 
  • Cherie Cruz, RI State Representative (Pawtucket) and Tenant Organizer, Reclaim RI 
  • DeeAnn Guo, Community Organizer, Childhood Lead Action Project 
  • James Moore III, Director, Department of Inspections and Standards, City of Providence 
  • Carrie Zaslow, Executive Director, Providence Revolving Fund