'These are human lives': Support lines up behind bill to cut emergency shelter red tape.
Shekarchi's bill would create a new type of emergency shelter units, called SAVE Units, under the state's building code that ...
$1.3M over budget, Providence pallet shelters to open next week
The grand opening of 45 tiny cabins to provide housing for people with nowhere else to go assembled off Route 146 in ...
Rhode Island State House will discuss housing issues and temporary housing
The Rhode Island State House will be considering bills on Tuesday to help address the homeless crisis in the Ocean State.
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Roof of church caves in after fire in Providence
A fire ripped through a church in Providence Wednesday. Firefighters had been working at the corner of Elmwood Avenue and ...
Providence church to temporarily relocate service after fire
IMPACT Church in Providence said it will be temporarily relocating service after a fire broke out at the church on ...
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Providence pallet shelters to open Feb. 11
The Rhode Island Department of Housing announced the opening date for the ECHO Village pallet houses. The shelters, located ...
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Fighting fire with fire: Are man-made burns RI's best weapon against wildfire?
Rhode Island is unique in that all the wildfire hoses in the state are owned by the state, not the local fire departments that predominantly use them. The specially made wildfire hoses are ...
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 the end of February 2025, Rhode ...