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.

4 days ago · ECHO Village will increase the state’s inventory of shelter beds, provide critical supportive services, and help keep more people safe as they transition to permanent supportive housing,” said U.S. Senator Jack Reed. “This project is paid for entirely with over $4.5 million in federal funds that I helped deliver to enable the state to ...

3 days ago · "ECHO Village represents our belief that housing is a basic human right," Jaworski told a large crowd gathered at the shelter village site between the Route 146 highway ramps and Victor Street in ...

4 days ago · ECHO Village has 45 one-room pallet units, four office units, three hygiene units that include four full baths, one ADA bathroom, one staff bathroom, one laundry unit, and one large community unit.

3 days ago · The ECHO Village pallet shelter community opened in February 2025 after months of delays. Credit: Nina Sparling / The Public's Radio “ECHO is not just about providing beds,” said Rhode Island state Sen. Jake Bissaillon, whose district includes the pallet shelter site. “It is about providing the foundation for people to stand on their own ...

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 · According to federal data, Rhode Island has the second-highest rate of chronic homelessness in the country.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 “housewarming” for ECHO Village, while calling attention to other measures she said would help to curb the ...

4 days ago · ECHO Village has more than 40 Pallet homes, along with showers, bathrooms and offices. House of Hope, a nonprofit, will operate the site that has sat empty for months. Laura Jaworski is the ...

Jul 4, 2024 · Known as “ECHO Village,” the $3.3 million project in Providence spearheaded by Warwick-based nonprofit House of Hope and the state Department of Housing, secured its building permit on June 7, according to Matthew Touchette, a spokesman for the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation.

3 days ago · ECHO Village, 45 small, one-room structures on a vacant plot of state-owned land on Victor Street behind the Foxy Lady, has been in the works since at least 2020.