HOUSING

Residents of the West Village Mobile Home park are looking to reverse a 150% increase in their lot rental fees that were approved by the Rental Control Board of Ludlow.

A surge in demand, from Massachusetts-based families and migrants arriving from other countries, has caused state spending on family shelters to approach $1 billion per year.

The day before dozens of families are scheduled to be evicted from Massachusetts shelters, protestors plan to hold a vigil at the State House Thursday over new restrictions Gov. Maura Healey made to the family shelter system.

The Massachusetts Legislature has begun a five-month stretch of informal sessions following the end of formal sessions last week.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has made significant changes to an emergency assistance shelter measure that goes into effect Thursday.

Most of the grant has been already allocated towards rehabilitating private homes of low to moderate income families.

With just days to go before Governor Maura Healey’s administration puts significant restrictions on families seeking emergency shelter, advocates in Springfield, Mass., are protesting the policy change.

The class-action suit claims Parakeet Communities have been violating residents' legal rights, including raising rents by as much as 40%, subjecting residents to "illegal" lease provisions and withholding information as those living there considered new leases.

The agency that operates the Easthampton art studio space says it needs to charge increased rent to help fund its programming.