Posts Tagged ‘street sights’
Homeless in RI: “I was not able to see how I was…”, Encampment moves, Pallets stall, Street Sights
Encampments Providence: 2-3 encampments with approximately 70 people are set to be dismantled in the Providence area. A demonstration by homeless advocacy groups took place at Providence City Hall. Advocates are asking for another outdoor area to set up or more shelter bed availability. Smiley acknowledged there are not enough open and waiting beds at…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: “as the day turns into night…” with Street Sights, mobile homes, new in CF, updates
Artwork by Han Zheng, Street Sights Rhode Island School of Design staff installed a metal structure over an air vent next to 2 College St. Students took up a petition to reverse the effort to dissuade homeless from sleeping on the vent, and the school took up the barrier. ___ Dignity Bus Woonsocket has one…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: Encampments, Migrant surge plan, Newport report, pallet village, “in our own words”
Encampment on Branch Avenue, Providence Mayor Smiley has sent providers to the area, which is state property. The individuals living there are waiting for shelter placement. Smiley says, “it’s frustrating to me that we have to go through the same process of asking permission to clear property”; wants blanket permission to do so. Circular patterns.…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: “Live loved…”
In this update we bring you the newsletter – “Street Sights”, Janice Luongo, managing editor. Street Sights has been around as RI’s only homeless magazine and resource guide since March of 2007. Written by and for individuals with housing insecurity, the topics are presented from this unique point of view. This issue presents information on…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: Updates. Hope from inside a tent. New HUD funding. ’23 accomplishments.
We continue our series of articles reporting on various issues and developments on homelessness in Rhode Island. Street Sights – RI’s homeless magazine and resource guide Janice Luongo produces a regular, monthly publication targeted to the homeless population in Rhode Island. The opening story, here, by James Logan, is written by a man who is…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: “A season in my life”. Pallet Shelters ordered. MA office use. Slow Dignity Bus
homeless in RI dec 2023
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