(WJAR) — Rhode Island Department of Housing announced Friday that the Echo Village Pallet shelters will not be opening until next year. "Operationalizing the Echo Village pilot program has proven more ...

PROVIDENCE – Winter turned to spring and then to summer, and yet still no one can say for certain when Echo Village, the state's first community of tiny temporary houses for Rhode Islanders ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — 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. ECHO Village, located on Victor ...

Assembled in February, the 45 pallet shelters that make up ECHO Village still sit unoccupied as of Thursday, May 9. 2024. (Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current) They were supposed to be the quick ...

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, similar ...

PROVIDENCE – While the Echo Village Pallet shelters could open by the end of February after long delays attributed to state regulators and applying fire code to a new type of building, House Speaker K ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — After months of delays, Providence officials say the pallet shelters known as Echo Village will be ready to open this winter. A spokesperson with the Department of Health ...

Timber rattlesnakes once roamed the rocky ridges in Rhode Island. Car crashes into Providence apartment building A car crashed into an apartment building in Providence, according to residents. SUV ...

ECHO Village in Providence, shown here on Oct. 28, 2025, has 45 cabins that provide a safe space for people who are homeless. (Photo by Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current) Rhode Island’s first ...

PROVIDENCE – Winter turned to spring and then to summer, yet still no one can say for certain when Echo Village, the state's first community of tiny temporary houses for Rhode Islanders experiencing ...