Massachusetts aims to reduce emergency shelter costs to $350 million per year
The Healey administration is aiming to eventually limit shelter costs to $350 million per year compared to the more than $1 ...
State of Emergency Declared in Massachusetts
Five towns in Massachusetts have declared a state of emergency because of fires raging across the region.
Massachusetts will phase out use of hotels and motels to shelter homeless families, governor says
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has announced that the state's reliance on hotels and motels to shelter homeless people will ...
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Fires in Massachusetts cause 5 towns to declare a state of emergency. Here's where
Five towns have declared a state of emergency. They include Boxford, Middleton, North Reading, North Andover, and Danvers.
5 Mass. towns declare state of emergency over ongoing brush fires
Five Massachusetts towns have declared a state of emergency due to the continued fire activity across the state. Town ...
SJC finds state housing office can’t require outside verification for families seeking emergency shelter
Amid a housing crunch and a migrant crisis, the decision could make it easier for homeless families in the state to secure emergency shelter.
Facing a cost of more than $1 billion, Healey proposes dramatic changes to emergency shelter system
The Legislature passed a law in the spring setting a nine-month limit. But state officials say they want to lower the cap to ...
Berkshire Eagle2d
Gov. Maura Healey plans to limit emergency family shelter stays to six months and phase out using hotels for housing
Gov. Maura Healey's office intends to phase out the use of hotels and motels for emergency shelter, seek a legislative change ...
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State to end use of hotels as shelters
As demand for shelter beds surged between 2022 and 2023, the state struck lease deals to use dozens of hotels and motels ...