The actual reason for homelessness is the failure of the housing market to supply housing that is affordable for those with very low incomes. Two-bedroom apartment rents in Rhode Island have risen ...

Homelessness in Rhode Island rose by nearly 35% from 2023 to 2024, according to a federal report. Once a year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development compiles a "Point in Time Count ...

Earlier this month, the formerly closed Charlesgate Nursing Center reopened its doors as the state’s first emergency ...

It’s a tight squeeze, but wemake it happen. Heather Hole Strout According to the Rhode Island Coalition to End Homelessness, last year Rhode Island’s unhoused population surged. Numbers rose ...

Rhode Island's House Speaker says the state's housing crisis has been decades in the making, but the Assembly is making headway in correcting the problem.

In the past five years, homelessness in Rhode Island has more than doubled, and unsheltered homelessness has almost increased fivefold. In 2024, 2,442 Rhode Islanders were experiencing homelessness.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Rhode Island Department of Housing and the ... Officials said this is part of the governor’s strategy to address homelessness across the state.

Legislation has once again been proposed in Rhode Island that would cap energy bills for low-income customers.

Rhode Island advocates are pushing for a Percentage ... prevent cascading impacts that could include medical problems and homelessness. Advocates say the time to act is now because the Trump ...