Tag: Homelessness
Five Questions With: Karen Santilli
Karen Santilli | CEO and president, Crossroads Rhode Island
1. You’ve been urging the state to establish a permanent funding stream for housing. Has...
Five Questions With: Eileen Hayes, CEO of Amos House
Eileen Hayes | CEO, Amos House
1. What changes have been instituted since the COVID-19 pandemic became an issue for Rhode Island? Amos House...
New report shows homelessness declined 4.2% in R.I.
PROVIDENCE (AP) – Homelessness in Rhode Island has declined by 4.2%, federal housing officials said Thursday.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released...
Report: Homeless students in R.I. undercounted
PROVIDENCE – The number of students in Rhode Island who are experiencing homelessness and would qualify for educational services is thought to be undercounted,...
Five Questions With: Eric L. Hirsch
Eric L. Hirsch, a professor of sociology at Providence College, recently released a report through HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University that focused on...
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...
