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As cleanup at Mass. and Cass continues, more than 150 people at the homeless encampment have been moved into transitional housing.

The last tents have been removed from the intersection of Mass. and Cass, not far from where Boston Mayor Michelle Wu spoke Thursday morning. “Yesterday was a turning point for the City of Boston toward stabilization and recovery,” Wu said at a press conference at the Pine Street Inn. “It’s not the turning of a page that we are...

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is scheduled to provide an update on the clearing of the homeless encampment at Mass. and Cass in Roxbury.

Boston has reached Mayor Michelle Wu’s clearing deadline for people living in tents at the homeless encampment known as Mass. and Cass, but dozens of people remain.

More than half of the people who’d been living in the homeless encampment along Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard have left, but more than 60 remain.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Monday that the city has started to remove tents along Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard and dozens of unhoused people have been placed into housing. More than half of the people who’d been living in the homeless encampment have left, but more than 60 remain. “The encampments that we see and that some individuals…

People living in tents at the Boston homeless encampment known as “Mass. and Cass” have just under a month to leave, as the city on Wednesday announced a deadline of Jan. 12 for the area to be cleared permanently. Boston city officials have been working to connect area residents with social services and new housing, calling the encampment near the…

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu outlined her plan for winter weather Monday, which includes “transitional spaces,” for people experiencing homelessness during the city’s ongoing public health crisis.

Freshly sworn-in Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced that the city is pausing the removal of tents from the area of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard pending the results of Wednesday’s court hearing on the ACLU’s challenge of the city’s order.

Michelle Wu held a press conference on Wednesday, her first full day as Boston’s mayor. She spoke briefly after taking the MBTA to work at City Hall, touching on some of her plans for her first day and her first week in the mayor’s office. Wu said she has a series of internal meetings planned in the morning before...

A Superior Court judge is expected to decide Wednesday whether the City of Boston should stop evicting people from a homeless encampment in the area known as Mass. and Cass.

A judge will hear from the ACLU of Massachusetts Tuesday and consider whether Boston should stop evicting people who are living in tents along the area known as Mass. and Cass or Methadone Mile.

State Rep. Jon Santiago talks about what Massachusetts needs to do to help area.

People living in the area known as Mass. and Cass were ordered to clear out by Monday morning, but tents still line the streets.

Tents still line the streets of the long troubled part of Boston, known as Mass. and Cass or Methadone Mile, which has been inundated with people struggling with homelessness and addiction. Health officials were expected to clean and remove tents in the area of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard Monday morning, but the process doesn’t appear to be...

Tents still line the streets of the long troubled part of Boston, known as Mass. and Cass or Methadone Mile, which has been inundated with people struggling with addiction.

City officials have not yet revealed a specific deadline for when tents need to come down. Anyone who doesn’t comply could face a charge of disorderly conduct.

Health officials were expected to begin cleaning and removing tents along Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard Monday morning in an attempt to address addiction and homelessness in the area.

Health officials were expected to begin cleaning and removing tents along Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard Monday morning in an attempt to address addiction and homelessness in the area.

Health officials said they would begin cleaning and removing tents along Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard Monday morning in an attempt to address addiction and homelessness in the area. The long troubled part of the city, known as Mass. and Cass, Methadone Mile and Recovery Road, sits between Roxbury and the South End. The area is inundated with people…