It's been a bittersweet journey home for a small handful of residents at The Spruces. Irene-related flood damage has made most of the mobile home park unlivable. And as our Brandon Walker shows us, for those who have returned, uncertainty still lingers.

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WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS. -- To say Victor Ziter's road home has been a bumpy one is an understatement. It almost didn't happen.

"It's great to be back in again," Ziter, a Spruces resident, said. "Finishing up the repairs and following all rules regulations, codes in order for us to get back into our home."

Getting back started days after Irene flooded the Spruces. Ziter first shared his story with YNN last September. He got the green light to come home this Christmas.

Though, any sense of closure, has been sidetracked by a grim reality.

"Well, there's been a drop," Ziter said.

A drop in how many now call the Spruces home. A drive through the park reveals, in some instances, not much has changed since the flood now five months ago. Peter Fohlin, Williamstown's town administrator, tells YNN 64 trailers have been deemed livable.

Three additional have been given yellow stickers, meaning it's okay for the owners to enter and make repairs. That brings the total of livable or soon-to-be livable homes to 67.

Pre-Irene there were 225 homes in the park.

"There's still many that are displaced and some are not certain whether or not, if they're able to come back," Ziter said.

The park's future remains a big question mark. A pending lawsuit between the park's owner and the state of Massachusetts has yet to be heard. Meanwhile, it's unclear if the 67 residents who have returned is enough financially to cover expenses.

"So, we're still pretty much a little in limbo, or should I say up in the air about what our next step would be," Ziter said.

Still, Ziter remains grateful.

"It is truly great to be home. It really is," he said.

A positive note perhaps buried amidst the near 160 tales of homeowners who can't come back.