Healey Defends Plans for West Roxbury Homeless Shelter
Facing community resistance to a planned homeless shelter in West Roxbury, Gov. Maura Healey on Monday underscored that the families set to move in are “Boston families.”
Two-Year Emergency Shelter Tab May Approach $2B
Emergency shelter costs will approach $1 billion annually this fiscal year and next fiscal year, according to the Healey administration, which plans to drain a $700 million state escrow account to cover a portion of the unanticipated expenses.
Legislature Passes Shelter Funding Deal in Overdue Closeout Budget
After weeks of legislative procrastination, parliamentary delays and finger-pointing, a $3.1 billion spending bill packed with money for the stretched-thin emergency shelter system and public worker raises landed on Gov. Maura Healey’s desk Monday
Shelter, Budget Deal Reached, On Hold for Now
Weeks after their talks collapsed, Democrats filed a $3.1 billion compromise spending bill packed with money for the state’s emergency shelter system. But they could not get the overdue legislation across the finish line in the face of frustrated Republicans.
Banker & Tradesman’s Editorial Cartoon: I Will Try Harder
A certain speaker of the house is in the doghouse for letting the formal legislative session end without passing a big budget bill to pay state workers’ salaries and fund extra homeless shelters.
37 Families Push Shelters Over Cap, with More on the Way
The number of families housed in the state’s...
With Lawsuit Ruling Expected, State Predicts Families in Shelters Could Double
Shortly before a court hearing challenging the Healey administration’s allegedly “rushed” changes to the shelter system, officials filed new emergency regulations seeking to enable a temporary hard cap on the number of families that can be housed.
State Offers Rental Vouchers to 1.2K Families in Shelter
With the state’s emergency assistance shelter system expected to “imminently” hit the 7,500-family cap that Gov. Maura Healey has said it is subject to, housing vouchers are being extended to families already in the system to free up more space.
State’s Shelter Guarantee Could Lapse at Month’s End, Healey Says
While it’s right-to-shelter law will remain in place, Massachusetts may not be able to guarantee shelter for immigrant families as soon as the end of this month as the state’s shelter system reaches capacity, Gov. Maura Healey said Monday.
Developer in Talks for Shelter at Former Newton Hotel
A hotel slated for demolition as part of the Riverside development in West Newton would serve as a homeless shelter for two years under preliminary plans by Mark Development.
Bill Would Phase Out Shelter-Based Emergency Housing
Advocates for people experiencing homelessness and elected officials are hoping to capitalize on pandemic-era experiences in an effort to shift the state’s shelter system to other settings, like repurposed hotels or purpose-built shelters with individual rooms.
Survey: State Funding Covers Half The Costs Of Homeless Services
State funding for emergency homeless shelters covers...
