Tag: Homelessness
Study: Surge in unsheltered homeless highlights housing challenges in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Unsheltered homelessness in Rhode Island rose 15% in 2025 to 700 people – the highest in five years – highlighting deepening housing...
R.I. homelessness is down, but more people are out in the...
For the first time in half a dozen years, the number of unhoused people in Rhode Island is on the decline.
But the good news...
General Assembly approves ‘challenging’ $14.34B FY2026 state budget
PROVIDENCE – A $14.34 billion budget for fiscal 2026 is now awaiting Gov. Daniel J. McKee's signature.
A 32-4 vote in the Senate on June...
Wood River Health offers services to address homelessness
WESTERLY – Wood River Health recently announced it is expanding service to offer housing stabilization to residents of Washington County.
Wood River is becoming a...
R.I. gets $17.3M to fight homelessness
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is receiving $17.3 million in federal grants for homeless assistance, U.S. Sen Jack Reed announced Wednesday.
The funds, administered by the...
‘Dignity Bus’ for unhoused people to reopen in Woonsocket
WOONSOCKET – A mobile shelter for unhoused people is set to reopen this month after the Woonsocket City Council renewed an operating lease with...
U.S. homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach...
The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well...
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...
Rising rents add to R.I.’s housing crisis
Think Rhode Island’s housing crisis is overstated?
When you have the lowest housing production rates and largest year-over-year rental prices in the nation, that’s a...
R.I. gets $354K in HUD funding for 28 housing vouchers
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp. on Monday was awarded $354,369 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Family...
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