The number of migrants on the Massachusetts emergency shelter system swelled to 3,500 by mid-December, figures show. Many of ...
Gov. Maura Healey’s administration plans to turn a decommissioned prison in Norfolk into an overflow shelter for up to 140 ...
The former minimum-security prison was decommissioned nearly a decade ago, but state officials say the facility remains in ...
State officials recently announced plans to use the former minimum-security prison to house families on the state’s shelter ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Governor Healey signed a spending bill Tuesday that will enforce a time limit on stays in the state’s emergency shelter system, it reverses a 40-year-old “right ...
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts will begin limiting how long homeless families can stay in shelters as the state continues to grapple with an influx of homeless migrants. Beginning June 1, the total ...
BOSTON — Massachusetts lawmakers shipped Gov. Maura Healey a spending bill Thursday that hands her $426 million to spend on emergency shelters over the next year-plus and caps families’ time ...
Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday signed into law a new nine-month limit on how long families can live in Massachusetts emergency shelters, and stamped her approval on the Legislature's plan to pull up ...
FILE - A passer-by walks through a portion of the Cass Recreational Complex which has been turned into a temporary shelter site for families experiencing homelessness, Jan. 31, 2024, in Boston.