Just one month after opening, Rhode Island’s first pallet shelter community is on track to reach maximum capacity by the end of the week.

House of Hope said the Echo Village Pallet shelters in Providence are nearing capacity after one month of opening.

ECHO Village was first supposed to open last spring The village is made up of 45 one-room shelter buildings, plus bathrooms, a community room, offices and laundry The village is funded through ...

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Homelessness in Rhode Island has more than doubled over that time. PROVIDENCE — After years of delays, ECHO Village, a temporary shelter for homeless individuals and couples, has finally opened.

On a freshly laid gravel lot on Victor Street, 45 pallet shelters known as ECHO Village sit dark and empty less than a mile from a tent encampment Providence police plan to clear this weekend.

ECHO Village, which consists of 45 single-person units, is the first pallet shelter pilot in the state. The shelters will begin welcoming unhoused people as soon as Feb. 12. The Tuesday opening ...

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(WJAR) — As of Wednesday, the ECHO Village pallet shelter site in Providence will be staffed 24/7 and will begin to accept people seeing temporary shelter. The first of 45 people will start ...

A grand opening ceremony was held at ECHO Village, located on Victor Street, where state and local leaders gave remarks before touring one of the units. “Our administration remains committed to ...

PROVIDENCE − Between the time Rhode Island nonprofit House of Hope first sought to build a temporary homeless shelter village and the planned opening of "ECHO Village" in Providence Wednesday ...