Crossroads R.I., state officials cut ribbon on new apartments for homeless families

James Bessette

03/02/2023

MICHELLE LEE, left, speaks during Thursday's press event cutting the ribbon-cutting event on new homeless family apartments in Warwick for Crossroads Rhode Island. Lee will become a new resident in the apartments. Also pictured are R.I. Housing Secretary Stefan Pryor, middle, and House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, D-Warwick. / COURTESY CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND — MICHELLE LEE, left, speaks during Thursday's press event cutting the ribbon on new family apartments for the homeless in Warwick for Crossroads Rhode Island. Lee will become a new resident in the apartments. Also pictured are R.I. Housing Secretary Stefan Pryor, middle, and House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, D-Warwick. / COURTESY CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND

WARWICK – A former convent building for St. Benedict Church on Beach Avenue has formally been converted into new apartments for families experiencing homelessness. Additionally, state elected and nonprofit housing officials on Thursday marked the new apartments as an opportunity for communities to create new housing opportunities via adaptive reuse. Crossroads Rhode Island, along with…

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