RI's first Pallet shelter village finally opens. Here's what to know about it.
PROVIDENCE − Between the time Rhode Island nonprofit House of Hope first sought to build a temporary homeless shelter village and the planned opening of "ECHO Village" in Providence Wednesday, similar tiny-home "Pallet" shelters have popped up all across the country.
First RI temporary pallet shelter opens doors, following months-long delays
House of Hope, RIDOH and the City of Providence have collaborated on the ECHO Village project for several years. The shelter was supposed to open by March 2024, but faced a number of delays due to supply chain issues and challenges with permitting.
‘We need to do better’: After delays, Rhode Island opens ECHO Village pallet shelters in Providence
The 45 small, one-room structures on state-owned land behind the Foxy Lady strip club have been in the works since 2020. Homelessness in Rhode Island has more than doubled over that time.
Long-awaited ECHO Village shelter set to open this week in Providence
A bed with a colorful quilt, an AC unit, a heater, a shelf to dry dishes — these are among the amenities homeless people can look forward to at ECHO Village, the pallet-shelter community opening in Providence this week.
Providence pallet shelters officially open
Rhode Island’s first pallet shelter community officially opened Tuesday morning. From my seat at Super Bowl LIX, the crowd’s disparate reactions to Swift and Trump felt like a chilling microcosm of our culture.
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Two neighborhoods, four names. What is a corner of Providence's East Side really called?
To make matters even worse, all of these names already refer to other locations in Rhode Island. Hope is a village in Scituate. Summit is a somewhat smaller village in western Coventry.
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As homelessness in RI rises, HOPE continues community outreach, efforts to support rent stabilization
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RI Housing: ECHO Village client transitions to shelters to begin as early as Wednesday
State and federal officials celebrated the long-awaited ECHO Village pallet shelter lot's opening Tuesday, and plans are in ...