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HomeBASE is a decade-old emergency housing assistance program run by the state’s housing office. But the system has been nearly impossible to navigate for many Massachusetts residents in need.
Withholding emergency shelter from homeless families because they’re not quite poor enough or virtuous enough or expert enough to qualify won’t cut it.
Governor Maura Healey's move to pardon 13 people is positioning Massachusetts among a growing number of states where chief executives are again embracing clemency.