State Plans to Close All Hotel, Motel Shelters This Summer

As Healey Moves To Close Hotel Shelters Early, Cambridge Housing Advocates Worry About Impact

Massachusetts Governor Maura T. Healey ’92 announced on Monday that the state will close all 32 remaining hotel shelters six months ahead of schedule — leading Cambridge housing advocates to worry about increased strain on the city’s resources.

Just before a key vote, Scott administration’s position on motel program overhaul is unclear

Administration officials have been pressuring lawmakers to speed up the transition away from the emergency motel housing program, and cut down on costs. Despite winning some concessions, the governor’s administration wouldn’t say whether it was satisfied.

Early check-out: State shuts down remaining migrant hotels

BOSTON — The Healey administration will end the state's reliance on hotels to provide shelter for migrants and other homeless families by this summer — months ahead of a self-imposed plan to shut them down — amid a continued drop…

Gov. Healey: All Mass. hotel shelters to close this summer

As of April 30, only 32 hotel shelters remain, down from a peak of 100 in the summer of 2023.

Governor Maura Healey reported that all shelters located in hotels will close during the summer, six months earlier than originally planned. As part of the current plan, shelters in Norfolk and Revere will close this summer, and the Lowell center will change its function to respond faster to new requests.“A hotel is not a place to raise a family, and are the least profitable. That’s why we implemented reforms to reduce the workload and cost of t…

Gov. Maura Healey says ‘some’ of Trump’s border policies make sense

Gov. Maura Healey offered a rare nod of approval to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies Tuesday, saying “some” of the decisions the Republican made this year to restrict access for migrants trying to enter the U.S. at the border make “a lot of sense.” Massachusetts experienced a surge in migrant arrivals over the past two years that placed a strain on state-run emergency shelters. But shelter caseloads started to decline over the winte…