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Regional and local housing authorities in Western Massachusetts have received batches of new emergency housing vouchers, which are available to certain homeless and at-risk individuals and families, but some agencies are having trouble matching...

NORTHAMPTON — Regional and local housing authorities in western Massachusetts have received batches of new emergency housing vouchers, which are available to certain homeless and at-risk individuals and families, but some agencies are having trouble...

Activists seek to extend June 15 eviction moratorium Clockwise from top left: Pamela Schwartz of the Western Massachusetts Network to End Homelessness, Keleigh Pereira of Community Action Pioneer Valley, Earl Miller of the state Department of Mental Health, state Rep. Bud Williams, Rose Webster-Smith of Springfield No One Leaves, and Keith Fairey of Way Finders. SCREENSHOT Published: 6/4/2021 9:18:04 PM Political activists and government officials advocated for extending the state’s moratoriu...

Political activists and government officials advocated for extending the state’s moratorium on eviction in an online meeting Friday morning.The group was organized by the Western Massachusetts Network to End Homelessness, and included activists and...

Forum speakers hope to address homelessness issue ‘holistically’ Homeless residents pack up their tents and belongings on the Greenfield Common in 2018. Homelessness and the challenges homeless people face to secure housing was the focus of a virtual forum on Wednesday. Staff File Photo/Dan Little Homeless residents camped out on the Greenfield Common in 2018 to call attention to the problem. Staff File Photo/Paul Franz Modified: 5/2/2021 1:36:05 PM GREENFIELD — Greening Greenfield and Fr...

GREENFIELD — Greening Greenfield and Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution (FCCPR) continued their housing forum series Wednesday afternoon, this time focusing on homeless people in the county and beyond and the challenges they face to...

A space to just ‘be’: Northampton seeks place to house ‘Community Resilience Hub’ for those in need Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz is shown Monday at City Hall. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz. Photographed on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, at City Hall. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING Published: 12/22/2020 7:18:19 PM NORTHAMPTON — Several years after the Mayor’s Panhandling Work Group was formed, a key recommendation from its 248-page report is closer to becoming...

Hampshire Hope: Housing First model responds to the interplay between substance use disorders and homelessness Modified: 12/11/2020 2:01:58 PM There are so many reasons people find themselves without homes or precariously housed, as I’ve learned in my nearly two decades working with the most vulnerable among us. I’m sure it’s no surprise that one of those factors is substance use disorders. I am the director of Community Action’s Three County Continuum of Care, the on-the-ground adminis...