Republican lawmakers announced a slew of proposed changes to the state shelter system and local law enforcement’s role in enforcing immigration law Tuesday. House and Senate Republicans said at ...

The House on Thursday approved $425 million to replenish Massachusetts' cash-starved shelter family shelter system while passing changes to tighten eligibility and shrink the system's size.

Republican lawmakers reached out to the Auditor this week to request a hard look at the state’s overflowing shelter system, and seemed pleasantly surprised to discover an audit is already underway.

Governor Maura Healey on Wednesday proposed foundational changes that would upend the state’s unique right-to-shelter law, including adding a form of residency requirement that could make newly ...

Lt. Gen. Scott L. Rice, who last month quietly left his role leading the state’s beleaguered emergency family shelter system, departed on “very good terms,” he told the Globe in an interview ...

Best Friends Animal Society, which has transported dozens of shelter dogs and cats in recent days, shared some of the first emotional photos of dogs meeting their brand-new people on social media.

People who used to be homeless in the Halifax area have started moving into two newly opened shelter villages that provide transitional housing. Eighty-five new units are now open, with 40 of ...

which was heavily impacted by the Eaton Fire. Hilton explained that the cat “has been in the shelter for the last four days .” Adding, “Please share with anyone you know from the ...

A steady stream of migrants arriving in Massachusetts over the past year and a half have stressed the shelter system and turned it into a costly burden for taxpayers — something Healey noted in ...

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A new luxury women’s homeless shelter will be opening up in Troy. Live Limitless Refuge Center, located at 3075 Sixth Avenue, will open towards the end of February or in ...

BOSTON — With the state's family shelter system under pressure from mounting costs and violent on-site incidents, Gov. Maura Healey on Wednesday recommended statutory changes to the decades-old Right ...