HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – Housing instability and homelessness is on the rise in western Massachusetts.
“I fell in urine, cracked two ribs, my rent was out of the roof, I’m on disability, new owners bought the building, raised my rent by $50 more, so I had to move,” said Bennita Watford, a housing advocate from Springfield.
“There are a lot of issues when it comes to the grown market in job creation, mental health crisis, or the lack of work, or rising costs,” said Senator Adam Gomez…