Backing Healey and House lawmakers, Mass. Senate moves to restrict emergency shelter stays
The Massachusetts Senate moved to restrict family stays in the state's emergency shelter system, backing recent moves from ...
Who would be evicted from family shelters by new criminal background checks? Nobody.
Governor Maura Healey’s new policy requiring additional criminal background checks of all adults in the state’s family shelter system has one striking catch: It would not evict anyone who has a ...
Worcester Telegram on MSN7d
House passes $425 million shelter funding bill with new eligibility restrictions
The $425 million that the bill injects into the emergency assistance system is supposed to keep it afloat through the end of ...
Healey expands shelter law shakeup
BOSTON — With the state's family shelter system under pressure from mounting costs and violent on-site incidents, Gov. Maura ...
WBUR8d
House to vote on $425M bill that would restrict emergency shelter eligibility
The House will vote Thursday on a $425 million bill to tighten shelter eligibility, shorten stays, and add security measures ...
Cape Cod Times7d
House approves reforms, $425M more for shelters
Democrats shot down Republican-led efforts that would have broadened criminal background checks for shelter residents and ...
Boston Herald21d
House budget chief wants Gov. Healey to cough up more information on shelter system
“Are there exceptions for individuals who are re-entering the shelter system or who have exigent ... information database — also known as CORI — for all shelter residents in the emergency ...
Massachusetts House seeks to limit shelter capacity to 4,000 in $425M bill
The $425 million emergency shelter system bill that the Massachusetts House of Representatives will vote on Thursday features ...