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Rhode Island city gets bus to help house its homeless population
The Hill ^ | 06/08/2023 | JAKE HOLTER

Posted on 06/08/2023 7:00:49 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — One Rhode Island city has found a creative way to combat homelessness in the community.

Monday night, the Woonsocket city council approved the purchase of a 45-foot coach bus, which will be turned into a miniature shelter.

For months, Woonsocket council members have been working to secure what’s called a “Dignity Bus.”

The bus was originally found and pursued by the state, but the process was held up.

“I was a little bit upset about it,” City Council Vice President Valerie Gonzalez recalled. “We had been working on it for quite a bit.”


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Rhode Island
KEYWORDS: bush; homeless; house; rhodelsland
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Ten bucks says the bus gets stolen.
1 posted on 06/08/2023 7:00:49 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

One word , TENTS


2 posted on 06/08/2023 7:03:24 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If it is an electric bus this could get interesting....


3 posted on 06/08/2023 7:04:32 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Step 2: Drive the bus to San Fransicko. Drop off the passengers.

Drive back to RI and then rinse and repeat!


4 posted on 06/08/2023 7:05:57 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: butlerweave

Is this shelter for men only, women only or both sexes?! That’s what I’d like to know!


5 posted on 06/08/2023 7:06:22 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: cgbg

Malibu, the Hamptons, Martha’s Vineyard and Long Island would work well too!


6 posted on 06/08/2023 7:07:12 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Figures its a short bus...

7 posted on 06/08/2023 7:09:07 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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> Woonsocket council members have been working to secure what’s called a “Dignity Bus.” <

Today’s Democrats ruin everything they touch. Everything. But I will give them credit for one thing. They are really good at giving pleasant names to their terrible ideas.

In a way, it’s actually a bit scary. Because that’s exactly what the Nazis did.


8 posted on 06/08/2023 7:12:35 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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Yup—nothing says “dignity” like living in a bus!


9 posted on 06/08/2023 7:13:38 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Living in a van down by the river!!!


10 posted on 06/08/2023 7:16:00 AM PDT by The Louiswu (PEDO JOE MUST GO!!!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

...$150K plus tax title, extended warranty, alloy wheel protection, paint, and fabric protection...

Drivers with a CDL for all shifts...

Fuel (heat and ac 24/7), maintenance...

Cleaning and laundry service...

Scheduled fumigation, bedbugs on top of roaches.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ A MONEY PIT $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Over at Joe’s Notell 24-Hour Storage and Warehouse.
$600 a month paid in advance! 10% DISCOUNT for CASH!


11 posted on 06/08/2023 7:18:57 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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To: Magnum44
probably more like :The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test Without Ken Kesey and his friends.
12 posted on 06/08/2023 7:24:45 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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To: butlerweave

How many outdoor tents did the military supply for Covid...in like 15 minutes...


13 posted on 06/08/2023 7:38:08 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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“purchase of a 45-foot coach bus, which will be turned into a miniature shelter.”

Wow, that should be room enough for 45 homeless people. I wonder how many millions that will cost tax payers?


14 posted on 06/08/2023 7:54:22 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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Is this shelter for men only, women only or both sexes?!


They’s have to hire a biologist...


15 posted on 06/08/2023 7:59:45 AM PDT by hanamizu
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All 666 genders are allowed on the bus.


16 posted on 06/08/2023 8:00:59 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Woonsocket is not a nice place to live, or visit.


17 posted on 06/08/2023 8:02:43 AM PDT by x
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That’s a port-a-john on wheels.


18 posted on 06/08/2023 8:32:32 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They’re almost there. Just gas up the bus and send it back to the border!


19 posted on 06/08/2023 8:55:58 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix) )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

You heard of the small house movement, this is what’s next, small business movement.


20 posted on 06/08/2023 9:05:06 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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