Homelessness and Emergency Shelter

Addressing homelessness requires more than just emergency interventions.

It demands a systemic and coordinated approach that tackles the root causes of housing insecurity while ensuring immediate relief for those currently unhoused. For too long, Rhode Island, local governments, and nonprofits have operated in silos, reacting to homelessness rather than proactively addressing it. The lack of collaboration, underfunding of essential services, and absence of a clear strategy have led to delays, inefficiencies, and worsening conditions for the unhoused community.