Tag: Homelessness
R.I. urged to create more ‘deeply affordable’ apartments to counter homelessness
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has an increasing number of homeless individuals and families and will need to build as many as 2,500 truly affordable...
Report: R.I. homelessness declines 6.7 percent in 2018, number of homeless...
PROVIDENCE - Homelessness in Rhode Island declined 6.7 percent from 2017 to 2018, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Housing and...
Panhandlers need help, not jail, fines
By issuing a restraining order barring enforcement of Cranton’s anti-panhandling ordinance, U.S. District Court Judge William Smith has thrown the ball back into Mayor...