Worried Healey has “sources” to cover shelter costs


by WWLP.com

WWLP.com— Gov. Maura Healey's administration has confirmed that family shelters, which have been at capacity due to an influx of immigrants into the state, could run out of dedicated funding by the end of April despite $250 million in supplemental funds approved in December.

WWLP.com—Governor Healey enforces shelter time limits. Governor Healey signed a spending bill Tuesday that will enforce a time limit on stays in the state's emergency shelter system, it reverses a 40-year-old "right to shelter" for families and pregnant women.

WWLP.com—Healey signs shelter funding, stay limit bill. Gov. Maura Healey signed into law a new nine-month limit on how long families can live in Massachusetts emergency shelters.

Honolulu Star-Advertiser—Maui mayor seeks more funding to cover Lahaina disaster costs. Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen is making an overtime plea to state lawmakers for more Lahaina wildfire recovery funding.