As of April 30, only 32 hotels statewide were being used as shelters. Healey had previously announced her intent to close all hotel shelters, and officials say the data now shows them to be ahead ...

Thirty-two hotel shelters remain, down from a peak of 100 in the summer of 2023. Healey set a goal this year to eliminate the use of hotels and motels in the Emergency Assistance shelter system by ...

An emergency shelter set up at a former Massachusetts prison will close at the end of July, and shelters set up at hotels will close six months ahead of schedule, governor's office says.

Motel shelters are far and away the most exhaustive on the county’s coffers. A motel room costs the county just under $4,300 a month on average.