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Massachusetts, into shelters

As Mass. closes shelter hotels, state funds for rent subsidies run out
Massachusetts is shuttering dozens of hotel shelters and grappling with how to house people. Meanwhile, the program used to provide rental subsidies for those exiting shelters has run out of money.
Massachusetts hotel shelters for migrants, homeless families set to close, questions arise
A majority of hotel shelters for migrants and local homeless families in Massachusetts will be closed by the end of Monday.
Massachusetts emergency hotel shelters to close by end of summer
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - As of Monday, nearly all hotel emergency shelters in Massachusetts are closed. The Healey administration intended to shut down the program by the end of 2025. In May, it was announced that those plans would be carried out by the end of this summer.
Massachusetts to close majority of emergency hotel shelters Monday
The majority of Massachusetts' emergency shelters in hotels will close Monday.Gov. Maura Healey announced the shutdown plan last month.After Monday, only four of 28 shelters will be open. The remaining shelters will close by the end of July.
Massachusetts closing most of its hotel shelters on Monday
Healey declared a migrant housing crisis in 2023 when shelter occupancy reached its peak with 100 reported state-run facilities.
Majority of hotel shelters to close, 4 remaining open through end of July
A majority of hotel shelters housing migrants and local unhoused families in Massachusetts are closing Monday. State officials said declining caseloads led<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More
‘I’m really worried.’ With the state’s hotel shelter system closing, families struggle to find places to live
On Monday, as the state moved closer to fully shuttering its hotel shelter system, a number of such shelters across the Boston area appeared largely desolate.
Majority of Massachusetts hotels no longer acting as shelters
Majority of Massachusetts hotels will no longer be acting as temporary shelters.
As federal cuts loom, rental housing vouchers across Mass. are being put on hold
Most housing authorities in the state have recently stopped issuing new Section 8 vouchers when tenants give them up, and ...
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Twelve-story affordable housing project moves toward 2027 construction in North Cambridge
An all-affordable apartment-building is moving forward at 2072 Massachusetts Ave. under zoning changes made since its first ...
Communities work to clear out garbage as trash collectors' strike continues in Massachusetts
Due to the garbage collectors' strike, some Massachusetts communities are coming up with temporary solutions to clear out the ...
Amid housing crisis, Boston’s building boom has gone cold. How much of that is due to Mayor Wu?
Less new housing began construction in Boston in 2023 and 2024 than in any year since 2011, a testament to the changing ...