Cape Cod State Rep Says Massachusetts Is Being Taken Advantage Of Due To Right-To-Shelter Law

Massachusetts is being taken advantage of due to the lack of a residency requirement on the state's right-to-shelter law, a state legislator from Cape Cod recently said. State Representative Steve Xiarhos (R-Barnstable), who supports amending the right-to-shelter law in Massachusetts to include a residency requirement, said the law was never meant for the Bay State to house migrants from all over the world.

Massachusetts is being taken advantage of due to the lack of a residency requirement on the state's right-to-shelter law, a state legislator from Cape Cod recently said. State Representative Steve Xiarhos (R-Barnstable), who supports amending the right-to-shelter law in Massachusetts to include a residency requirement, said the law was never meant for the Bay State to house migrants from all over the world.…