Friday, February 22, 2013
After filing a lawsuit against Days Inn last year, the families who were living in moldy motels rooms have been moved out.
For months, homeless families were living in moldy rooms at Days Inn, prompting town officials to take the motel to court. But those families have now been moved out and no more families will be moved into the motel as the state works to phase out the program that uses hotels and motels as temporary shelter. Four of the hotels that are part of the program are in Danvers. The move was made by officials at the state Department of Housing and Community Development after town officials contacted State Rep. Ted Speliotis, D-Danvers. Speliotis took pictures of the moldy rooms to the associate director of the DHCD, who said they would concentrate on "rehousing" the 18 families in the moldy rooms. That was in early January. Almost all of the …
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Days Inn
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
The state Housing Department announced this week that the state will move homeless families out of motels and hotels during the next year.
State officials announced this week that the homeless families living in Danvers hotels and motels will be moved into more permanent housing over the next year. The state Dept. of Housing and Community Development said the program, which started during the 1980s, would end by June 30, 2014. Bill Clark, chairman of the Danvers Board of Selectmen, said it still remains to be seen exactly how the transition occurs. "They're giving themselves a year and a half to get it settled," he said. Much of what he knows about the state's plans have come from press reports, but he expects to get an update from Town Manager Wayne Marquis when the Board of Selectmen meet on Thursday night. "It's a very encouraging step," Clark said. While the program gives…
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Motel 6
65 Newbury St, Danvers, MA
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Extended Stay America Hotel
102 Newbury St, Danvers, MA
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Dan Bennett, a Republican candidate for state representative for Danvers and parts of Peabody and Middleton, writes about his concerns about the homeless families that live in Danvers motels.
To the Editor: For over three years our motels in Danvers and other communities have been filled with homeless families. There are approximately 1,500 families statewide in motels at an average cost of $75 per night or $3,375,000 per month. This means you the taxpayers are spending over $40 million a year on motels - well over the average market rate rent in the Boston area. Not only is this fiscally irresponsible, it is no way to raise a family. Living in one room with no stove to cook meals, no play area other than hallways and parking lots for kids to play is inhumane. This is not the first time our town has had an influx of homeless families into our motels. This time it is being blamed on high unemployment rates. Even though the …
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Extended Stay America Hotel
102 Newbury St, Danvers, MA
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Sean Ward
4:49 pm on Friday, January 4, 2013
Dianne, Most of these families are not staying in these particular hotels because they are super close to their families or jobs there. They are staying in them because it's where the program put them. Many people have to struggle to get by and you don't have to be homeless to have to do extraordinary things to support yourself or your family. Many people with their own apartments or homes spend … more ›