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High court rules in family shelter placement case
The state’s emergency assistance shelter system cannot insist that families provide third-party verification of certain ...
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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 ...
Displaced Steward patients are turning to neighboring hospitals for help, worsening already critical ER overcrowding
Almost three months after two Steward hospitals closed, their neighbors are shouldering the burden of displaced patients.
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Healey: State shelter system is 'increasingly unsustainable.' What she proposes
The Healey administration is confronting more than $1 billion in annual costs tied to the state's emergency assistance family ...
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 ...
Here’s what Mass. officials are saying about whether rain has helped douse wildfires
Some much-needed rain quenched drought-stricken Massachusetts late this week. While it helped to alleviate some Red Flag conditions, it didn’t fully extinguish the ongoing wildfire risk. Between half ...
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 ...
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 ...
Massachusetts will phase out use of hotels and motels to shelter homeless families
Massachusetts' reliance on hotels and motels to shelter homeless people will be phased out in the next couple of years, Gov.
Healey plan limits stays in shelters to 6 months
The Healey administration rolled out a suite of new reforms without detailing expected expenses, cost savings or timelines ...
In big shift to shelter system, Healey will seek six-month limit on stays and phase out hotels
The Healey administration will introduce a two-track system for families seeking shelter. One will offer 30-day stays, the ...