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The $350,000 federal investment in Family Unification Program vouchers will help provide access to housing and and supportive services for families and youth.

WOONSOCKET – Municipalities in Rhode Island will be able to prioritize their own homeless residents for some shelter spaces under a new policy approved this month by the Rhode Island

PROVIDENCE – Municipalities in Rhode Island will be able to prioritize their own homeless residents for some shelter spaces under a new policy approved this month by the Rhode Island

We asked readers of Globe Rhode Island’s weekly Food & Dining newsletter where their favorite cafés were across the state, and received a ton of responses.

The Aug. 2 column by my onetime neighbor Anne Pringle and her collaborator, Rosanne Graef, spills quite a lot of ink over homeless encampments being a problem, and concerns about the city’s response. But there is nary a word about the need to build more permanent supportive housing or affordable housing for the growing number […]

A new report from Zillow shows that while rent is down across the country year over year, there was a 6.9% increase in Providence between June 2022 and June 2023.

"The for-profit private sector did not solve this housing crisis when interest rates were low and they are going to build even less now that rates are on the rise," the Rhode Island AFL-CIO stated.