SPRINGFIELD — Mayor Domenic J. Sarno and at least 24 other mayors around the country have issued bipartisan calls to save programs providing supportive housing for the chronically homeless.

At risk are “ housing first” programs putting roofs over the heads of about 3,800 people statewide and 170,000 across the country.

Sarno has signed on to a statement by the U.S. Conference of Mayors . U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal and Democratic colleagues already have called for supportive housing funding to continue, as have a group of Republican Congress members .

“This potential Continuum of Care funding cut, which would take away grant funds that were properly applied for and have already been federally approved, would have serious negative impacts on our Springfi

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