"THE HEALEY ADMINISTRATION said it needs another $250 million to keep the emergency shelter program afloat and will probably need additional funds if the number of migrants coming into the state continues to rise.Under the right to shelter law, Massachusetts is required to provide shelter and support services to homeless families with children and pregnant women. The budget for the current fiscal year, which is less than three months old, appropriated roughly $325 million to provide services to 4,700 families.With an influx of migrants from other countries and fewer people transitioning out of the program because of a shortage of housing, the number of families participating has grown to more than 6,300 and the $250 million is needed to help cover that extra cost. The $250 million represents a 77 percent increase in funding."
Continue reading the article online ->
Boston Globe coverage of this bit of news (subscription maybe required) -> https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/09/13/metro/maura-healey-emergency-shelter-system-homeless-families-250-million/
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| Healey Administration seeks funds for migrants, Augustus on The Codcast talks housing overall (audio) |
Also this week on The Codcast the housing issue is discussed:
“I don’t think there’s any silver bullets,” Ed Augustus, who heads up the new Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, said on The Codcast. “There’s not one obvious thing that, geez, if you just did this, this would unlock housing production. But I think it’s a series of smaller policy changes, additional funding, and new partnerships and strategies that hopefully collectively help move the needle and get us closer to that 200,000 number.”
Continue reading the article -> https://commonwealthmagazine.org/podcast/augustus-no-silver-bullets-in-the-housing-crisis/
Listen to the Codcast episode -> https://soundcloud.com/massinc/housing-sec-ed-augustus-on-shelter-squeeze-urban-doom-loop
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