Tag: Homeless
Do you agree with Cranston’s clampdown on homeless encampments?
Cranston Mayor Ken Hopkins has signed an executive order allowing police to remove homeless encampments.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island on Aug....
Report: Cranston mayor signs order to break up homeless encampment
CRANSTON – The city police are reaching out to “any social services necessary in an effort to relocate and provide temporary housing,” as the...
In homelessness fight, better measurements needed
Homelessness is a major problem in the U.S., and it’s getting worse. A record 650,000 Americans were homeless on a single night in January...
State plans temporary 45-unit homeless community in Providence
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Housing on Thursday announced it is pursuing vacant state-owned land on Victor Street to serve as a temporary...
New street medicine program brings health care to R.I.’s homeless
A group of doctors has made it their mission to make medical care more accessible to homeless patients, and in the process they are...
R.I. Coalition for the Homeless executive director stepping down
PROVIDENCE – Caitlin Frumerie, who has led the Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless for six years, announced this week she will step down...
Public not served by lingering flap between governor, AG
Gov. Daniel J. McKee and Attorney General Peter F. Neronha are apparently not on speaking terms, most recently due to an ongoing dispute over...
McKee unveils budget proposals to spur housing across state
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee and Secretary of Housing Stefan Pryor on Friday announced a package of housing proposals, which include a low-income...
Crossroads R.I., state officials cut ribbon on new apartments for homeless...
WARWICK – A former convent building for St. Benedict Church on Beach Avenue has formally been converted into new apartments for families experiencing homelessness.
Additionally,...
Does ‘Homeless Bill of Rights’ need an update?
Rhode Island’s adoption of a “Homeless Bill of Rights” may have won state leaders praise when it was passed in 2012, but the weakness...