MassGOP calls on Secretary of State Bill Galvin to release unredacted emergency shelter records as acting governor
Immigration
Gov. Healey will seek access to remaining pandemic-era surplus dollars to cover shelter costs, top budget writer says
Gov. Maura Healey plans drain the rest of a one-time account filled with money left over from the pandemic to cover the remaining cost of the emergency shelter system this fiscal year, her top budget writer said this week.
As 5-day overflow shelter limit pushes families out, advocates make final effort to stop policy
Critics of a policy limiting local and migrant families’ stays in state-run overflow shelters to five business days pressed Gov. Maura Healey Thursday to pause or rescind the rule one day before the first batch of people were required to exit their temporary housing.
Migrant shelter costs expected to exceed $1B for the next several years, state predicts
Gov. Maura Healey’s administration expects to spend more money than originally anticipated over the next year on the emergency shelter system housing migrants and local families, according to revised estimates released this month.
State could spend ‘upwards’ of $800K to renovate Norfolk prison turned shelter
Gov. Maura Healey’s administration could spend “upwards” of $800,000 to renovate and improve a former prison in Norfolk that was tapped earlier this year to house migrant families, many of whom were sleeping at Logan Airport, according to local and state officials briefed on the matter.
Massachusetts emergency shelter spending topped $700M last month, report says
Massachusetts spending on the emergency shelter system housing migrant families and local residents surpassed $700 million last month, according to a report released Monday by Gov. Maura Healey’s administration.
