The Daily Free Press1d
EnVision Hotel acquired by City of Boston to support permanent housing for homeless residents
VPI, a Boston-based nonprofit, specializes in addiction treatment services and housing provision for the city’s homeless ...
Massachusetts shelter for migrants, homeless families to be converted back to hotel in Taunton
A Taunton hotel sued last year for housing too many migrants is expected to close as a state-run shelter at the end of this ...
Funding not keeping up with rise in homeless individuals
Factors contributing to the rise in homelessness include lack of affordable housing, the end of COVID-era policies, and an ...
The Boston Globe12d
Volunteers fan out across Boston for annual homeless count
On a night with single-digit wind chills, this is what it takes in Boston ... The homeless population is growing at a time when the state’s overstretched emergency shelter system is on the ...
Boston Herald21d
Boston homeless shelter Pine Street Inn increases capacity as temps plummet
It’s freezing on the streets of Boston, and authorities are urging anyone out there to seek shelter — or at least to warm up inside for a few hours. “All of our shelters are open 24/7 ...
‘Heavy and hopeful’: Boston volunteers survey city for homeless census
Last night, hundreds of volunteers conducted Boston's annual homeless census. The amount of new faces was "striking." ...
CBS News1mon
Governor says background checks she ordered at Massachusetts shelters didn't happen: "Absolutely unacceptable"
The Boston Globe reported Thursday that Healey's administration has not been conducting CORI (Criminal Offender Record Information) checks on people staying in the state's homeless shelters ...