Tag: Homeless
Echo Village homeless pallet shelters to open Feb. 11
PROVIDENCE – The 45-unit pallet-shelter community to temporarily house some of Rhode Island’s homeless population will finally open Feb. 11 after regulatory issues plagued...
Providence pallet shelter village expected to open by end of February
Forty-five tiny cabins assembled off Route 146 in Providence in February 2024 to temporarily shelter people experiencing homelessness will be ready for occupancy by...
Report: Mayor criticizes regulatory delays on pallet shelter community
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley is criticizing the regulatory delays that have kept a group of so-called "pallet shelters" from opening in the...
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...
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