Emergency shelters at former Mass. prison, 32 hotels to close this summer

Emergency shelters at former Mass. prison, 32 hotels to close this summer

An emergency shelter set up at a former Massachusetts prison will close at the end of July, and shelters set up at hotels will close six months ahead of schedule, governor's office says.

Mass. to shutter all hotel shelters by summer, Gov. Healey says

Pointing to dropping case loads, the state will close its remaining hotel shelters this summer, the Healey administration said Monday.

Gov. Healey announces plan to close all 32 Mass. hotel shelters this summer

Gov. Maura Healey announced Monday that her administration plans to close all 32 hotel shelters in Massachusetts this summer. She had previously directed all hotel shelters to be closed by the end of 2025, but said her administration’s plan is six months ahead of schedule. As of April 30, only 32 hotel shelters remain, down from a peak of 100 in the summer of 2023, a 68% decrease. Healey said the decreases are a result of a number of reforms she…