Western Mass News—Holyoke Meeting Examines Ways to Help Minimize Homelessness
HOLYOKE, MA (WGGB/WSHM) – A number of partners, advocates, and elected leaders came together in Holyoke Friday to discuss homelessness in our area and what needs to be done to […]
Channel 22 News—Advocates Call for State Action to Address the Western Massachusetts Homelessness Crisis
Housing instability and homelessness is on the rise in Western Massachusetts. Click here for the full video.
Daily Hampshire Gazette—Advocates Discuss Legislative Remedies Amid Growing Housing Instability
Standing before more than 150 elected officials, housing advocates and other western Massachusetts leaders, Gerry McCafferty shared some shocking statistics. Read more
WWLP Channel 22: Massachusetts Housing Secretary meets with officials at HCC to address homelessness
HOLYOKE: The Massachusetts Housing Secretary met with more than 150 state and local officials at Holyoke Community College on Friday morning to address the homeless problem in our state.
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Getting a fix on homelessness—Advocates convene, strategize
HOLYOKE — After a disabling truck crash left Jocephus Grant unable to work, his wife moved out and the bank foreclosed on the Springfield home he had bought in 2009.
MassLive.com: Homelessness in Hampden County has increased. What are some solutions?
HOLYOKE — Springfield and Holyoke are seeing among the highest rates of homelessness in Western Massachusetts, according to housing officials.
Western Massachusetts housing advocates measure challenges at gathering
Greenfield Recorder—Twice facing the trauma of eviction and once making a vehicle home for herself and her four children, as well as living inside a mold-filled apartment, Shaundell Diaz of […]
New data: Homelessness in western Massachusetts reaches five-year high
New England Public Radio—The Western Massachusetts Network to End Homelessness released a report saying more than 3,300 people did not have housing as of January 2023.
