We’re headed toward another State House showdown over legislation to keep funding Massachusetts’ overwhelmed family shelter system. Here's how the Senate and House bills differ, from time limits on shelter stays to an unrelated provision allowing restaurants to keep selling takeout alcohol.
Gov. Maura Healey pauses to look at cots during a tour in January of a temporary shelter in the Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex in Boston. This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox,family shelter system . As WBUR’s Walter Wuthmann reports, the state Senate passed a supplemental budget last night that would allocate more money to the shelter system and limit how long people can stay.
The Senate’s bill takes a slightly different approach to shelter stay time limits. Both could push individuals out of the system as soon as after nine months. However,would cap all stays at 12 months, while the Senate bill would allow 90-day extensions to residents who meet certain criteria Meanwhile, the House bill would use $245 million from a state savings account of surplus money to keep the shelter system funded through June. The Senate bill would let Gov.
Zoom out: Massachusetts and South Carolina are currently the only states left in the country without laws against revenge porn.between Broadway and North Quincy, and on all of the Ashmont branchAdvocates fear what will happen to families if proposed shelter limits pass
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