On Friday, Governor Maura Healey’s administration announced the final hotel shelters for migrants in the Bay State closed ahead of schedule and ended the state of emergency.
Healey had previously directed all hotel shelters to be closed by the end of 2025.
“When we took office, families were being placed in hotels all across the state, and families were staying in shelter for months – sometimes years – at a time. There was no plan in place to reform the shelter system to handle the surge in demand, protect taxpayer dollars or help families leave shelter. We can all agree that a hotel is no place to raise a family. So we took action,” said Healey. “As a result of my reforms and our efforts to help families get jobs and stable housing, we have fewer families in shelter than the day we took office, and all hotel shelters are now closed – months ahead of schedule.”…