News updates: what’s happening with homelessness in Western Massachusetts
In the News: Western MA Hotel-Based Shelter Success Featured
The National Public Radio Affiliate in Boston – WBUR – did a story last week on hotel-based shelter during the pandemic titled “Hotel-based homeless shelters changed lives in pandemic. Some want them to be a model moving forward” that featured success in Holyoke and Springfield, as well as Boston. You can listen here and below […]
We gathered 250 strong to end homelessness; catch up to it all here!
This post is one big shout-out to the amazing unity demonstrated at last Friday’s 6th Annual Gathering of the Western Massachusetts Network to End Homelessness. We showed up, over 250 of us! Dozens and dozens of our Network partners who do the work every day, our legislators who lead and support us, our mayors and […]
How should Massachusetts fund its emergency shelter system? Lawmakers vouch for regional equity, 24/7 shelters
THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE—As the state eyes a new funding system for homeless shelters, Western Massachusetts lawmakers have said they want funding to be equitable across regions, available for non-congregate sites and sufficient to keep shelters open 24/7 and year-round.
Legislators, advocates urge state to improve shelter system for homeless
DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE—As the second winter in a global pandemic approaches, advocates in Western Massachusetts are fighting to ensure some of the lessons learned last year on sheltering systems for homeless populations live on.
Advocates urge the state to improve its shelter system
THE RECORDER—As the second winter in a global pandemic approaches, advocates in Western Massachusetts are fighting to ensure some of the lessons learned last year on sheltering systems for homeless populations live on.
State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa endorsing the work of WMNEH
Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa recently retweeted the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health endorsing the message put forth by WMNEH Executive Director Pamela Schwartz.
State lawmakers consider expanding housing options for homeless residents
Right now, homeless people in the state of Massachusetts are offered beds at congregate care settings, or shelters, where they have to live with dozens of other people. Lawmakers this session want to switch to a housing plan that promotes long term stability.
Berkshires lawmakers, mayors, groups urge Legislature to pass housing protections
THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE—The entire Berkshire County delegation to the statehouse, the mayors of North Adams and Pittsfield, and several local groups have joined a call for the Legislature to protect struggling tenants and homeowners while making it easier for mom and pop landlords to access the rent they are owed.
