ConvergenceRI: State cuts more than $2 million in funding for recovery programs
September 8, 2021

ConvergenceRI: State cuts more than $2 million in funding for recovery programs

“…in the last month, agencies that are working to deliver recovery services on the ground in Rhode...

33 members of the RI House want Governor McKee to repeal or extend the vaccine mandate for health care workers
September 7, 2021

33 members of the RI House want Governor McKee to repeal or extend the vaccine mandate for health care workers

Science does not determine policy, politicians do. Uneducated and foolish politicians, more beholden to ideology than reality,...

Rep Felix and community housing advocates champion ‘Eviction Moratorium Clinics’ for BIPOC communities
September 1, 2021

Rep Felix and community housing advocates champion ‘Eviction Moratorium Clinics’ for BIPOC communities

“We know that there are barriers when it comes to language, we know that there’s digital divides,”...

Advocates rally, stage ‘die-in’ for dedicated narcan funding stream
August 31, 2021

Advocates rally, stage ‘die-in’ for dedicated narcan funding stream

“We’re not asking for much right now – for a sustainable funding source for narcan,” said Sarah...

What does the new CDC eviction moratorium mean for Rhode Island?
August 4, 2021

What does the new CDC eviction moratorium mean for Rhode Island?

“I don’t want to give a falsely positive view that it’s just all roses out there, but...

As eviction moratorium ends, renters begin to call out landlords
August 3, 2021

As eviction moratorium ends, renters begin to call out landlords

“I need this [protest] to be an example of what’s going to happen to every landlord who...

Paid Leave for All National Bus Tour kicks off from Rhode Island
August 2, 2021

Paid Leave for All National Bus Tour kicks off from Rhode Island

“We have the opportunity to finally catch up to the rest of the world, to finally do...

ECHO Village project vocally opposed by South PVD residents and politicians
July 23, 2021

ECHO Village project vocally opposed by South PVD residents and politicians

“The comments that some of you are making are insensitive to people with lived experience, who have...

Some residents of condemned Cranston apartment complex have lost assistance
July 15, 2021

Some residents of condemned Cranston apartment complex have lost assistance

These residents all received a letter saying that their income was too high for them to be...

Residents of condemned apartment complex will not be homeless
July 9, 2021

Residents of condemned apartment complex will not be homeless

“We only have a matter of hours before we are literally homeless,” said Abreu. “We have been...

Coalition presents affordable housing plan that approaches the scale of the problem
June 28, 2021

Coalition presents affordable housing plan that approaches the scale of the problem

“Over half of Rhode Island renters are cost burdened by housing and Black and Latinx Rhode Islanders...

Advocates rally at state house in support of overdose prevention legislation
June 25, 2021

Advocates rally at state house in support of overdose prevention legislation

“The opposite of addiction is not recovery, it is not sobriety, it is connection,” said Ashley Perry,...

RentReliefRI could provide up to $200m to Rhode Islanders facing eviction
June 19, 2021

RentReliefRI could provide up to $200m to Rhode Islanders facing eviction

“This program is helping our agency meet our commitment to maintain housing for low income residents who...

Governor McKee suggests affordable housing crisis bigger than federal funds can handle
June 17, 2021

Governor McKee suggests affordable housing crisis bigger than federal funds can handle

“The problem is large, right?” answered Governor Daniel McKee. “I don’t know whether there is enough money...

There is still no plan that matches the scale of the unhoused  problem in Rhode Island – and the problem is getting worse
June 15, 2021

There is still no plan that matches the scale of the unhoused problem in Rhode Island – and the problem is getting worse

“One of the problems… is that there is insufficient housing for these people,” said Senator Jack Reed....

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