HUD policy report: Costs Associated with First-Time Homelessness for Families and Individuals
HUD’s new report, reported on last week, is available here. The study concludes that communities should explore strategies to: Avoid extensive use of high-cost homeless programs (i.e. transitional housing) for individuals […]
USA Today: Apartment rents cheaper than stays in homeless shelters
USA Today reports on a HUD Study released today showing the cost of providing shelter to be greater than the cost to provide housing. From the article: Cities, states and the […]
Buoniconti/Welch 10-Point Plan to Address the Practice of Placing Homeless Families in Hotels
Representative Welch and Senator Buoniconti’s aide Candace Lopes met this morning with the McKinney-Vento Services Coordination Committee in Springfield. Rep. Welch clarified that legislation introduced by him and Sen. Buoniconti […]
Buy Bagels on March 7th to Support The Network!
On Sunday, March 7, from 12 noon to 5 pm at the Northampton and Amherst Bruegger’s Bagel Shops, Bruegger’s will donate 15% of every purchase to the Western Mass. Network […]
Keys to Ending Homelessness: Education, Employment & Business Incentives
The second Keys to Ending Homelessness Conference, on the topic Education, Employment & Business Incentives, will take place March 5, 2010, at the UMass Inn & Conference Center. See the attached […]
Local press coverage of family homelessness
The Republican reported extensively on family homelessness, and motel placements, in a two-part series last week. Part 1 explores the rise in family homelessness, the use of motels to house homeless […]
Hoarding Risk Assessment Trainings
The Statewide Steering Committee on Hoarding, the Local and Regional MA Hoarding Task Forces and MassHousing invite you to one of four regional Hoarding Risk Assessment Training Meetings to be […]
Mass Coalition for the Homeless breakdown of the Governor’s budget
A Quick Look at Selected Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) Line Items The Governor’s budget would reduce funding for the Emergency Assistance family shelter and services program (line […]
