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Since arriving in Massachusetts in mid-December, John's family has been on a harrowing journey. With their young daughter, he and his wife spent 12 nights sleeping on the hard floor at Logan Airport. Now, they're staying at an overflow shelter that's only open at night, and has just two bathrooms for roughly 200 people.
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The speech, delivered Wednesday evening, bounced between hailing the accomplishments of her first year and setting the agenda for her second, and was laden with specific figures and pitches for new legislation.
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A major environmental experiment will require new construction and major renovations to embrace fossil fuel-free infrastructure for heating and cooling in some Massachusetts communities — none yet in the western part of the state.
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Mass. fined local housing authorities $4M for leaving units empty. Most were forgiven, or forgotten.The state levied $4.1 million in fines against 212 agencies from 2019 to 2022, according to public records obtained by WBUR, but they found the state failed to enforce them.
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Some 391 families are on the waitlist in Massachusetts, according to Healey spokesperson Karissa Hand said. The waitlist was at 242 families on Dec. 13.
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Springfield leads the way in western Massachusetts with almost 300 families in the emergency shelters, followed by Holyoke and Chicopee.
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A new report offers the fullest look to date at the costs of an emergency shelter crisis that caused Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey to declare a state of emergency in August.
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The Springfield Rescue Mission currently serves 48 people in its emergency shelter and about another 30 in its rehabilitation program.
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Language requiring updates every two weeks on the emergency shelter system in Massachusetts was tucked into a spending bill that passed and was signed by Gov. Maura Healey last week.
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Starting in March, the fair market value for state housing vouchers — and some federal Section 8 vouchers — will be calculated by zip code. That will cover higher rents in more expensive neighborhoods. But many voucher-holders in Massachusetts won't benefit from the change.