State Plans to Close All Hotel, Motel Shelters This Summer

Just before a key vote, Scott administration’s position on motel program overhaul is unclear

Administration officials have been pressuring lawmakers to speed up the transition away from the emergency motel housing program, and cut down on costs. Despite winning some concessions, the governor’s administration wouldn’t say whether it was satisfied.

Early check-out: State shuts down remaining migrant hotels

BOSTON — The Healey administration will end the state's reliance on hotels to provide shelter for migrants and other homeless families by this summer — months ahead of a self-imposed plan to shut them down — amid a continued drop…

Gov. Healey: All Mass. hotel shelters to close this summer

As of April 30, only 32 hotel shelters remain, down from a peak of 100 in the summer of 2023.

Governor Maura Healey reported that all shelters located in hotels will close during the summer, six months earlier than originally planned. As part of the current plan, shelters in Norfolk and Revere will close this summer, and the Lowell center will change its function to respond faster to new requests.“A hotel is not a place to raise a family, and are the least profitable. That’s why we implemented reforms to reduce the workload and cost of t…

Gov. Maura Healey says ‘some’ of Trump’s border policies make sense

Gov. Maura Healey offered a rare nod of approval to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies Tuesday, saying “some” of the decisions the Republican made this year to restrict access for migrants trying to enter the U.S. at the border make “a lot of sense.” Massachusetts experienced a surge in migrant arrivals over the past two years that placed a strain on state-run emergency shelters. But shelter caseloads started to decline over the winte…

Gov. Healey announces upcoming closure of hotel shelters

BOSTON, Mass. (WLNE) — Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey announced that all of the state’s hotel shelters would close throughout the summer as the number of families needing shelter in the state drops. The plans to close the hotel shelters, Healey said, are six months ahead of schedule, as she had previously directed the hotel shelters to close by the end of the calendar year. The number of families currently in hotel shelters sits at slightly…