Mass. Gov. Maura Healey Ends Hotel Shelter Program, State Emergency

Mass. Gov. Maura Healey ends hotel shelter program, state emergency

The final hotel shelters in Massachusetts closed on Friday, bringing the state’s emergency declaration to shelter migrant families to an end, Gov. Maura Healey announced.Healey is formally ending the state of emergency first issued in August 2023. She previously announced in May that the shelter system would come to an end this summer, ahead of schedule. The final hotels were originally expected to close in December, according to a state plan re…

Gov. Healey ends state of emergency used to handle surge of migrants into shelters

Gov. Maura Healey said she is “formally terminating” the nearly two-year-long state of emergency she declared in August 2023 to deal with a rising influx of migrants into Massachusetts and a severe lack of state-run shelter space. The end of the state of emergency is the latest sign that a crisis that consumed Healey’s first years in office is subsiding after taxpayers shelled out billions and Beacon Hill Democrats approved restrictive policies …

Massachusetts announces all hotel shelters have closed, ends state of emergency

Gov. Maura Healey announced Friday that the final hotel shelters in Massachusetts have closed, and she has formally terminated the emergency declaration she issued in August of 2023.

State closes Norfolk, hotel migrant shelters

Massachusetts has closed all homeless shelters for migrants, including the shelter at the former state prison in Norfolk and at Attleboro area hotels, including in North Attleboro, Plainville and Foxboro.