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Ask Alison: Are the pallet shelters at Echo Village fully occupied?
In this edition of Ask Alison, an NBC 10 viewer asks about the occupancy rate of the Echo Village Pallet Shelters in ...
'Explore': State releases plan to nearly double new housing units by 2030. What's in it.
Rhode Island's 2030 housing plan looks to double the amount of new construction, relying heavily on incentives to cities and ...
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Providence pallet shelters remain empty, work continues
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 ...
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'Explore': State releases plan to nearly double new housing units by 2030. What's in it.
most recently highlighted by the Echo Village Pallet shelter program, where state building officials classified the individual Pallet shelters as motel rooms, with all the fire safety requirements ...
The Echo Village Pallet shelters are still in limbo. Now, Shekarchi wants to change the law.
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 ...