The state has been at or near the 7,500 family shelter capacity declared by Gov. Maura Healey on November 1 for weeks now, with more eligible families entering the system daily.
Faced with a shelter system that's over-capacity and an ongoing influx of migrant families, the state's housing secretary says an overflow shelter plan will be ready "very soon."
Healey’s announcement of 27 project awards spread across 20 separate Massachusetts communities comes as the state stares down a veritable housing catastrophe, with some estimates saying the commonwealth needs more than 100,000 new units built just to meet current demand.
Former Worcester City Manager with record of creating thousands of housing units will lead administration’s new Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities BOSTON – Governor Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll today announced that they are naming former Worcester City Manager Edward (Ed) M. Augustus to serve as the state’s first Housing Secretary […]