Gov. Maura Healey’s administration said it has spent just over $109 million on emergency shelters and related services over the last four months, according to data through mid-October. The pace of spending is so far within Beacon Hill’s budget for this fiscal year.
Tara Smith, a spokesperson for Healey’s housing agency, said the cost of the emergency assistance program will continue to decrease because all hotel shelters have closed and recent reforms will “lower caseloads, lower costs and help more families find stable housing.”
“As a result of these reforms, there are less people in the shelter system now than when Gov. Healey first took office, and costs will be hundreds of millions of dollars less this fiscal year,” Smith said in a statement…