Massachusetts is planning to further reduce the size of its shelter system for families experiencing homelessness. According to shelter providers, the state has told them the reduction will be more widespread than previously announced.
It comes on the heels of other sweeping changes in how the state shelters families. State officials say those changes mean families are moving out of shelter at a record pace, and shelter demand is down.
Just under 4,100 families are currently in the shelter system, according to the state’s Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities…