Tag: Homelessness
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...
Despite efforts, homeless shelters aren’t enough, observers say
As winter weather sets in, Rhode Island is ramping up its efforts to provide emergency shelter space. But while these short-term facilities serve an...
Pilot program launched to combat homelessness in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – A new pilot program involving multiple local nonprofit organizations, a state health office and consulting firms that combines supportive housing and wraparound...
R.I. officials unveil plan to address homelessness this winter
PROVIDENCE – Expanded shelter capacity along with collaborating with cities and towns, faith leaders, community foundations and landlords were among the strategies state officials...
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