House of Hope, RIDOH and the City of Providence have collaborated on the ECHO Village project for several years. The shelter ...

Rhode Island’s first pallet shelter community officially opened Tuesday morning. From legendary trash talk to playing ...

PROVIDENCE − Between the time Rhode Island nonprofit House of Hope first sought to build a temporary homeless shelter village ...

A bed with a colorful quilt, an AC unit, a heater, a shelf to dry dishes — these are among the amenities homeless people can ...

State and federal officials celebrated the long-awaited ECHO Village pallet shelter lot's opening Tuesday, and plans are in ...

The shelter of 45 small, one-room structures on state-owned land behind the Foxy Lady strip club has been in the works since 2020. Homelessness in Rhode Island has increased 66 percent over that time.

ECHO Village is the state's first pallet shelter community to help people experiencing homelessness.

The shelter was originally set to open in March 2024, but the DOH said it took more time to install necessary utilities and to meet fire and building codes. Originally budgeted at $3.3 million, the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The ECHO Village Pallet shelters in Providence opened on Tuesday after months of delays. A ...

(WJAR) — Providence Mayor Brett Smiley is asking the city’s business community to fill out a satisfaction survey. The mayor’s ...

A year after the pallet homes were completed and nearly three years after Professor Erich Hirsch of Providence College called ...