It's a case that gone unsolved for 19 years this summer but now…
Updated: Wednesday, 06 Mar 2013, 6:24 PM EST
Published : Wednesday, 06 Mar 2013, 3:44 PM EST
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - A 22News I-Team follow-up. The state says it will get all homeless families out of hotels and into permanent housing by next June.
A viewer saw this story and said that more homeless families were moving into the Howard Johnson on Boston Road in Springfield. This hotel still has 46 homeless families living in it. Last summer it had 44, so this is a slight increase. That is the only hotel in western Massachusetts that has more homeless families living in it than it did on July 31st, 2012.
Aaron Gornstein, Undersecretary for the Department of Housing and Community Development told since July there's been a 45 percent reduction in the number of families still living in hotels in western Massachusetts.
Below is a list of how many homeless families were living in hotels in Western Massachusetts on 7/31/12 and 3/1/13.
Chicopee Days Inn: 7/31/12: 26 3/1/13: 23
Chicopee Econolodge: 7/31/12: 95 3/1/13: 54
Chicopee Quality Inn: 7/31/12: 49 3/1/13: 33
Greenfield Days Inn: 7/31/12: 26 3/1/13: 15
Greenfield Quality Inn: 7/31/12: 5 3/1/13: 5
Holyoke Days Inn: 7/31/12: 35 3/1/13: 18
Holyoke Holyoke Inn: 7/31/12: 91 3/1/13: 76
Holyoke Valley Opportunity Inn: 7/31/12: 9 3/1/13: 3
Springfield Howard Johnson: 7/31/12: 44 3/1/13: 46
West Springfield Quality Inn: 7/31/12: 109 3/1/13: 10
West Springfield Clarion Hotel: 7/31/12: 0 3/1/13: 0
West Springfield Red Roof: 7/31/12: 0 3/1/13: 0
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