In order to ensure that every
family in Massachusetts has a safe place to sleep and live, our state provides
emergency shelters for short-term support and housing subsidies to help
low-income families find more permanent homes.
Our new report, "Shelter, Housing, and Homelessness Policy in
Massachusetts" looks at both parts of the state's multi-year "Housing First"
effort, which has limited families' access to shelter while modestly increasing
affordable housing resources.
Looking ahead, both the
Governor and the House have proposed budgets for FY 2014 that keep the new
limits on shelter eligibility, reduce funding for shelter, and provide only
limited new funding for housing.
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
MBPC: Limiting Access to Shelter, Promoting Housing
Interesting report about the crisis in homelessness and the challenges --
Labels:
affordable housing,
homeless families,
homelessness,
housing,
Massachusetts,
MBPC,
shelter
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