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• RICH: Hosting a Moment of Silence and Virtual Homeless Memorial on 02/09

  The Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless is hosting a Moment of Silence and Virtual Homeless Memorial on February 9th at 11am.

• RIHousing: Rental Assistance Support Services RFP

  Rental Assistance Support Services RFP

• Our Homes, Our Voices: Housing Week of Action Starts Today!

  The Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action is now underway. From May 1 to May 8, organizations and individuals across the country will host over 90 local events and activities in 27 states and Puerto Rico. The events will take many forms, including rallies, teach-ins, site visits, performance art, press conferences with local policymakers, call in days, letter writing campaigns, and much more! At all of these events and activities advocates and resident leaders will make the case for why Congress needs to increase investments for affordable housing.

• Newport Daily News: Boucher remembered for advocacy and service

  Police today identified Donald Boucher of Newport as the 56-year-old man who was killed after the motorbike he was driving collided head-on with a Jeep on Monday morning on Valley Road. Boucher was an unsuccessful candidate for City Council in 2012 and a member of the Newport Zoning Board of Review from 2013-15. He was active in addressing the issues of homelessness as director of Housing First and homeless services at Riverwood Mental Health Services in Barrington and Providence.

• Providence American: Whitehouse Bill to Protect Servicemembers and Veterans from Foreclosure Signed into Law

  President Donald Trump signed into law Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s (D-RI) bill to extend vital foreclosure protection to servicemembers, veterans, and their families.

• PBN: Laros receives 2017 Dorothy Lohmann Community Service Award

  Erica Laros of Laros Law in Providence was awarded the 2017 ­Dorothy Lohmann Community Service Award for her work on behalf of the Childhood Lead Action Project. The Rhode Island Bar Association’s award honors lawyers who make noteworthy contributions in time and effort to a Rhode Island nonprofit organization on a strictly volunteer basis.