Boston Globe: "Reprieves continue for many migrant families facing ouster from overflow shelter system"

The State shares an update on the shelter process:

"In the opening weeks of a new state policy that further limits stays in temporary overflow shelters, more than two-thirds of families who received notices to leave have been granted reprieves, the Healey administration said Saturday.

Extensions have been granted to 109 of the 161 families who were notified earlier this month that they could no longer live at state-funded temporary overflow shelters under the policy that caps stays at five business days, according to a spokesperson for Governor Maura Healey.

The policy prioritizes needy Massachusetts families over migrants for longer-term placements, so many of the families affected by the five-day cap are newly arrived immigrants.

The administration said there were three types of extensions: medical, one-time reprieves, and extra time granted while families enroll in benefits aimed at providing permanent housing. The spokesperson said the extension periods vary. Many are five days but some may be longer in certain circumstances, such as imminent housing opportunities."

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A National Guard armory in Lexington is being used as a temporary overflow shelter by the state, which is facing an influx of migrants as it contends with a housing shortage. David L. Ryan/Globe Staff