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Lowell's adult homeless shelter at peak capacity

LOWELL There are more homeless people than available beds in Lowell, leading to people in need of emergency shelter being turned away, said Isaiah Stephens, managing director of the Lowell Transitional Living Center on Middlesex Street.

Arrests follow standoff outside emergency shelter in Worcester

A small encampment sprung up outside the new shelter in the former RMV building, with demonstrators protesting conditions for homeless people.

Worcester police clear homeless encampment less than 24 hours after it sprung up

Activists had set up the handful of tents in the parking lot of Worcester’s 60-bed temporary emergency shelter late Tuesday.

State grapples with intertwined epidemics: Opioid addiction, homelessness crisis

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