· Updated January 16, 2025 12:41 AM · 4 min read read
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Faced with a surge in migrant arrivals, Massachusetts lacks the resources to provide temporary housing for everyone coming here.
The state's emergency shelter system was housing about 5,600 families as of last week, 80 percent more than it was housing one year ago. That's on top of the more than 1,800 families the state is housing in hotels and motels, according to State House News Service.
Faced with a surge in migrant arrivals, Massachusetts lacks the resources to provide temporary housing for everyone coming here.
The state's emergency shelter system was housing about 5,600 families as of last week, 80 percent more than it was housing one year ago. That's on top of the more than 1,800 families the state is housing in hotels and motels, according to State House News Service.…