Dan Kubas-Meyer, executive director of Riverwood; U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy; Richard Godfrey of Rhode Island Housing; and U.S. Rep James Langevin, in foreground, attended an event in which a new federal grant for the Riverwood Mental Health Services Housing First program. Read more here.

Life in a wheelchair can be especially difficult, particularly for people who are homeless. Service providers who work with homeless people have grappled with the needs of people in wheelchairs and the physical barriers that may exist in their facilities. More here....

On November 8 at St. John's Church, approximately 300 people attended "Hope for the Homeless," an event sponsored by the Praise Tabernacle Church and overseen by Pastors Levi and Allen Pangburn. Read more about the event here.

In the first of a new Street Sights feature looking at the individual stories of homeless people around Rhode Island, Alison Cantrell tells us about her plans, fears, and interests, including her love of Jamaican cuisine. Read more about Alison here.

"We don't want to be treated like animals." That is the mantra of the homeowners and tenants with whom Tom Judd has been talking lately.

A community organizer with the Housing Action Coalition of Rhode Island, Judd has been knocking on doors, learning about people's experiences with foreclosure and inviting them to meetings of the new Rhode Island Bank Tenants and Homeowners Association. A meeting of the Association on November 22 found a half-dozen individuals and families facing foreclosure gathered together, with pepperoni pizza and Coke laid out on the table, to talk about how to address this problem. Read more aboutthe causes of foreclosure and the people affected here.

When he first arrived, Todd Pont thought himself an unlikely candidate to handle the front desk at the WARM Shelter in Westerly, Rhode Island, where he has lived and volunteered for the past 19 months. Read about how he became the right man for the job here.