State’s shelter system projected to run out of money by January

The Massachusetts emergency shelter system is on track to exhaust its current round of funding by Jan. 1, according to state officials. That fact hung like a cloud over a Monday meeting of a special legislative commission tasked with recommending next steps and potential changes for the state’s emergency shelter system. For months, the system has been overwhelmed by unprecedented demand from homeless and migrant families. And as demand has increased, so too has cost to the state.

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