Looming Homelessness Crisis Demands Supportive Housing Ramp-Up
There’s a proven solution to end chronic homelessness. It’s cost effective, good for business and it’s the humane thing to do. It’s called supportive housing.
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.
Senate Plan Gives Healey More Leeway On Shelter Management
With two days left before lawmakers depart for a seven-week break and shelter-seeking families now being placed on a waitlist, House and Senate Democrats disagree on how prescriptive their crisis response should be.
House Plan May Challenge Healey’s Shelter Cap
With the state’s emergency shelters on the verge of hitting a new capacity limit, House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a new plan to create an “overflow” option that would support families for whom space is not immediately available.
Judge Clears Way for Immediate Family Shelter Cap
A Superior Court judge on Wednesday denied a request to put a temporary hold on the Healey administration’s plan to cap the number of families in the state’s strained emergency shelter system.
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.
Clinic in Works to Help Migrants with Work Authorizations
The Healey administration’s new effort to help families move out of the state’s nearly-full shelter system follows a civil rights lawsuit over the governor’s plans to deal with an unprecedented influx of homeless migrants.
Healey Activates Guard to Help with Shelters
Facing a steady influx of migrants from other countries, Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday activated up to 250 National Guard members to provide basic services at emergency shelter hotels.
Healey: Getting Migrants Jobs Necessary to Solve Shelter Crisis
Gov. Maura Healey declared a state of emergency Tuesday morning over “rapidly rising numbers” of migrant families arriving in Massachusetts and threatening to overwhelm the state’s shelter system.
