PHA Visitor Policy updated for vendors, partners and others who enter PHA buildings in light of COVID-19. 

3.0 Political campaigning at High Rise developments – As a general rule, PHA is asking candidates and their volunteers to avoid any campaign activities at or around PHA high rise developments.

That being said, we understand that candidates may not have phone numbers for PHA resident voters and may have no other means to contact those voters other than at the building. While PHA prefers that candidates conduct no campaigning at or around the buildings whatsoever, it is putting in place this requirement for those who feel they must do so.  In this policy, the term “high rise” will not solely apply to high rise buildings but also any family development building as noted in Section 1.2 above which has shared hallways, entrances, or stairwells.

• 3.1 Political candidates will not be permitted to hold any gatherings for residents of PHA properties on the property.
• 3.2 Political candidates will not be permitted to enter a high rise building and knock on doors inside of the building.
• 3.3 A candidate or his/her volunteers may, if s/he meets all conditions to visit a high rise building listed in section 2.0 above, contact tenants via the buzzers in the entryway of a building. A candidate or volunteer must speak to tenants through the buzzer or ask the tenant to come downstairs to speak outside the building.
• 3.4 If a tenant is unable due to disability to come down and speak to a political campaign volunteer outside the building, the tenant may invite the candidate or volunteer into the building to speak to the tenant in their apartment.
• 3.5 If a candidate or volunteer enters the building at the invitation of a tenant, the candidate or volunteer may not go to any other apartment door other than the one they are invited to. After speaking with the resident, the candidate or volunteer must exit the building and may only contact other tenants through use of the buzzer or by calling tenants.
• 3.6 No flyers may be posted inside or outside of the building for any political candidate.
• 3.7 Any candidate or volunteer may NOT enter any high rise building or surrounding grounds unless
  • 3.7.1 He or she is wearing a mask; AND
  • 3.7.2 He or she has taken his/her temperature in the past hour and has a temperature below 99.5; AND
  • 3.7.3 None of the following scenarios apply:
    • 3.7.3.1 They have symptoms which may be symptoms of respiratory infection, including, but not limited to the following: fever, cough, runny nose, sense of smell, shortness of breath, severe sore throat or muscle aches.
    • 3.7.3.2 They have been in close contact (within 6 feet) within the last 14 days with anyone known to have tested positive or been presumed positive for COVID-19.
    • 3.7.3.3 They have traveled outside of the state of Rhode Island within the last 14 days to a state that requires quarantine upon return by the Rhode Island Department of Health, except if they have received a negative test result on a test taken after their return to Rhode Island.
    • 3.7.3.4 They have traveled outside of the United States within the past 14 days.
    • 3.7.3.5 They have been directed to quarantine by the Rhode Island Department of Health or a medical professional.
• 3.8 Candidates and volunteers must make best efforts to remain more than six feet away from any other person while inside a PHA high rise or on the grounds.
• 3.9 Candidates will be held responsible for the actions of their volunteers – to the extent that those volunteers violate this policy.