migrant crisis

The migrant shelter crisis in Massachusetts is once again in the limelight, as the former Chelsea Soldiers’ Home is set to be turned into a new temporary shelter. The shelter can accommodate about 100 or so families when up and running, Secretary of Veterans Services Dr. Jon Santiago noted in a statement last month, and it’s supposed to be opening…

Lawmakers started negotiations Monday on a bill that’s expected to eventually inject hundreds of millions more dollars into the state’s family shelter system and put time limits on how long homeless families can stay in the system. Ways and Means Chairs Rep. Aaron Michlewitz and Sen. Michael Rodrigues will lead the negotiations, as they also both work on their...

Massachusetts House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Aaron Michlewitz says it’s been difficult to develop this year’s spending plan because he’s not exactly sure what’s led to state tax collections running $186 million behind last year and $275 million behind the year-end estimate that has already been slashed by $1 billion

The former Chelsea Soldiers’ Home will now be used to house migrants, the Healey administration announced Monday. The former home is currently empty and scheduled to be demolished. Now that a new facility has opened, that site will be able to accommodate about 100 families.

Massachusetts will soon require migrants staying in the state’s at-capacity shelter system to begin showing they’re trying to get work or housing, according to an announcement from the Healey administration Monday. The state also announced Monday that it will be opening a new so-called safety-net site at a vacant building at the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home that’s been slated for...

The Massachusetts Senate has approved limits on how long homeless families can stay in emergency state shelters as part of an $850 million plan to fund the system that has been at the center of the migrant crisis. The bill approved late Thursday would limit maximum stays to nine months, with the possibility of 90 more days for veterans, pregnant...

There may be hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of new resources headed to migrant families. Late Thursday night, the Massachusetts Senate agreed to that deal but the debate isn’t over yet.

Amid chaos in Haiti, Florida’s governor is threatening to send Haitian migrants to Martha’s Vineyard. Full-time residents of the island remember September of 2022 all too well. Fifty migrants arrived unannounced, sent by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. “It was just a mad house for almost three days,” said Rev. Chip Seadale of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. Father Seadale’s church...

Gov. Maura Healey has frequently pointed to getting more migrants authorized to work as a key step in moving people out of the state’s overwhelmed emergency family shelter system, but the number of new arrivals who have work authorizations has stagnated since December. About half of the families in the state’s Emergency Assistance family shelter system are newly arrived...

The town of Stoughton says it is shouldering a unique struggle to manage an influx of migrant families and it is calling on the state for help. The town sent a letter to Gov. Maura Healey stating this situation has become a burden on their resources and that while they understand other communities are also taking on the challenge, they…

Stoughton officials say they are a town doing the work of a city to provide shelter to migrant families, and they are requesting access to more resources to make it happen.

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Massachusetts House lawmakers have decided on how much funding they believe should go towards migrant shelters, and how long they should be allowed to stay. In the meantime, some communities are taking matters into their own hands. United Way told NBC10 Boston about 80 people will be brought to the new shelter in Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood this week. Supplies…

There’s new progress on Beacon Hill, as Massachusetts struggles with a migrant shelter crisis. House lawmakers have approved shelter funding and decided how long migrants are allowed to stay at the shelters.

Democratic leaders are proposing setting time limits on family stays in emergency shelters in an effort to manage costs amid the migrant crisis.

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As Massachusetts faces a migrant shelter crisis, lawmakers on Beacon Hill are looking to ease the burden. They will vote Wednesday on limiting how long people an remain in the system.

As a new migrant shelter is set to open in Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood, House Democrats voted Wednesday to steer another $245 million toward the overwhelmed emergency family shelter system while capping how long people can receive its services, along the way rejecting a Republican proposal to limit program eligibility. The House voted 121-33 to approve the spending bill, which also...

The Town of Dedham denied a permit for the expansion of a catering company that would’ve fed hundreds of unhoused people in Massachusetts. It was a heated vote during a Zoning Board meeting on Wednesday night. The board ultimately denied a special permit for Giri Hotel Management, which the company had requested to expand the use of the empty...

A local business was requesting a special permit to expand a catering services to help feed hundreds of migrants and others being housed in hotels in the state. The zoning board denied the permit in a heated vote....

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A migrant family from Haiti spoke exclusively with NBC10 Boston about their experience in the Boston area. They recently found a host home in Brookline, Massachusetts, and they’ve been searching for jobs.  It’s been an emotional few weeks for Wildande Joseph and her husband. First, they slept on the floor at Boston Logan International Airport and then in children’s...

One migrant family from Haiti is sharing their experience searching for shelter in the Boston area. They recently found a host home in Brookline and are now looking for jobs. These last few weeks have been life-changing for them....

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