House Democrats restrict shelter eligibility, tighten security in $425M bill
The $425M bill would give the Healey administration new, but temporary, authority to restrict eligibility for state emergency shelters.
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House to vote on $425M bill that would restrict emergency shelter eligibility
The House will vote Thursday on a $425 million bill to tighten shelter eligibility, shorten stays, and add security measures ...
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Mass. House Democrats restrict shelter eligibility in $425 million bill
The $425 million emergency shelter system bill that the House will vote on Thursday features temporary reforms including “stricter eligibility requirements, along with increased security<a class="exce ...
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Los Angeles wildfires create animal crisis with full shelters, ill pets: How you can help
The Los Angeles Animal Services said its six shelters are "extremely full," sheltering 1,500 animals while LA County Animal Control Manager Christopher Valles said all seven of its care centers ...
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“If Not for This, I’d Be Freezing to Death”: The Fight in Providence to Open a Temporary Shelter
How a pair of Providence city councilors bucked the mayor—and the trend of homelessness criminalization nationwide—to open an ...
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Deschutes River Back Country Byway offers a glimpse at Oregon's bighorn sheep
The Lower Deschutes River Back Country Byway is surrounded by canyon walls that tower above lonesome boaters who own the river this time of year. Many of the columnar basalt cliffs reach hundreds ...
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Kenora District Jail one of 'the largest homeless shelters in the province': Wall
“What’s quite challenging for our region is, (we have) one of the largest homeless shelters in the province, the Kenora District Jail,” Wall told Council. “What that means is, individuals who are in a ...
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Massachusetts governor proposes that migrants in shelters be in the country legally
(AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] BOSTON (AP) — The governor of Massachusetts on Wednesday proposed that in most cases, all members of ...
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New York to open massive new 2,200-bed migrant shelter for single men in the Bronx
After New York Mayor Eric Adams announced the planned opening of a massive, 2,000-bed migrant shelter in the South Bronx, Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres slammed the decision, accusing Adams ...
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Mass. migrants: Healey asks lawmakers to change right-to-shelter law
Governor Maura Healey on Wednesday proposed foundational changes that would upend the state’s unique right-to-shelter law, including adding a form of residency requirement that could make newly ...
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LA wildfire evacuees scramble to find rest in cars, shelters and hotels
ALTADENA, California – Tens of thousands of wildfire evacuees in Los Angeles are now scrambling to find – and hold onto – temporary shelter, exacerbating the housing shortage in one of ...
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Healey’s shelter coverup unravels
Withholding documents about incidents in emergency shelters for so long allowed the state to hide the worst of its mismanagement. If the state had its way, we would never know that in March a ...