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

Published in Annual Gatherings, Media/Press Coverage on May 30, 2025.

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.

Published in Annual Gatherings, Media/Press Coverage on May 31, 2024.

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.

Published in Annual Gatherings, Media/Press Coverage on May 31, 2024.

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.

Published in Annual Gatherings, Media/Press Coverage on May 31, 2024.

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 […]

Published in Annual Gatherings, Media/Press Coverage on May 15, 2023.

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.

Published in Annual Gatherings, Media/Press Coverage on May 12, 2023.

Housing advocates measure challenges at gathering

Daily Hampshire Gazette—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 […]

Published in Annual Gatherings, Media/Press Coverage on May 12, 2023.

Homelessness reaches a 5-year high in Western Massachusetts

Springfield Republican/MassLive—Over 3,505 people within the four counties of Western Massachusetts are experiencing homelessness according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — the highest […]

Published in Annual Gatherings, Media/Press Coverage on May 12, 2023.
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