Plan to End Homelessness in RI Focuses on Permanent Housing Instead of Temporary Shelters
The AP (3/26) reports, “A new state homelessness plan is upending the focus on temporary shelters in favor of more permanent housing, an approach advocates say is more cost-effective and could help Rhode Island become the first state to end homelessness among some groups.” The proposal “seeks to end homelessness among veterans and those chronically without shelter in the next five years, in part by creating nearly 900 new units of ‘supportive’ and affordable housing.” It is expected to cost about $130 million.
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