4 days ago · PROVIDENCE, RI, – Today, Governor Dan McKee, the Rhode Island Department of Housing, the City of Providence, and the House of Hope Community Development Corporation marked the opening of ECHO Village, the first pallet shelter pilot in Rhode Island, designed to address the state's homelessness crisis. This project was supported by State Fiscal ...

ECHO Village – Emergency COVID Housing Opportunities – offers a safe and dignified shelter alternative. This large, innovative project addresses gaps within the shelter system that cannot be filled by traditional shelters or emergency hotel rooms.

3 days ago · Amy King, CEO of Pallet, the company that builds the shelters used in ECHO Village, said the permitting in Rhode Island was the longest she had ever seen for a similar project. "This is innovative ...

3 days ago · PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island’s first pallet shelter community officially opened Tuesday morning.A grand opening ceremony was held at ECHO Village, located on Victor Street, where state and ...

3 days ago · 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 ceremony was hosted by Gov. Dan McKee, the Rhode Island Department of Housing, the City of Providence and the House of Hope Community Development ...

3 days ago · In 2023, more than 2,400 in Rhode Island people experienced homelessness, a 35% increase from the prior year. Providence City Council President Rachel Miller celebrated the “house warming” for ECHO Village, while calling attention to other measures she said would help to curb the housing crisis and help people avoid falling into homelessness.

3 days ago · ECHO Village has one laundry station on site.(Photo by Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current) Snow had been shoveled away from the front entrances to the ECHO Village pallet shelters on the day of ...

3 days ago · ECHO Village is comprised of 45 one-room Pallet units, each 70 square feet and equipped with fire suppression, smoke and CEO detectors, fire-retardant paint and heating and cooling units.

3 days ago · HOUSING & HOMELESSNESS ‘We need to do better’: After delays, Rhode Island opens ECHO Village pallet shelters in Providence The 45 small, one-room structures on state-owned land behind the Foxy ...

Feb 5, 2025 · PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Housing officials say they have set a date for the grand opening of the state’s first pallet shelter community. ECHO Village, located on Victor Street, will ...