After the Providence City Council passed a resolution calling for Gov. Dan McKee to declare a public health emergency to combat homelessness, 46 state legislators called for the same thing. The legislators also called on the governor to address the state’s housing crisis using the resources provided by the General Assembly to the executive branch.

A group of Rhode Island legislators are asking Gov. Dan McKee to declare homelessness a public health emergency.

The Providence City Council approved a resolution Thursday night calling on Gov. Dan McKee to declare homelessness a public health emergency.