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Someone with no other place to go sleeps in front of a closed restaurant on Broadway in Newport at 9:30 a.m. on May 2, 2025.

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Rhode Island Sees First Drop in Homelessness Since 2019, But Chronic Unhoused Population Grows

2025 Point-in-Time count shows 2.8% decline in overall homelessness, yet unsheltered and chronically homeless numbers rise amid fewer shelter beds and delayed housing solutions

July 11, 2025

Christopher Shea