H8108 — Limits rent increases to 4% annually, but allows an additional increase for taxes, insurance, or health and safety costs if the landlord gets an exemption from the secretary of housing, and provides tenants civil remedies for violations.

H8108 — Limits rent increases to 4% annually, but allows an additional increase for taxes, insurance, or health and safety costs if the landlord gets an exemption from the secretary of housing, and provides tenants civil remedies for violations. · Informed CitizenryH8108 aims to establish limitations on how much landlords can raise rent in Rhode Island. Under this bill, annual rent increases would be capped at 4%. However, it does provide a mechanism for land…Open in Informed Citizenry