Despite claims of decreasing numbers, thousands of families continue to apply for emergency shelter in Massachusetts. The number of homeless families has increased due to an influx of immigrants unable to work under federal immigration laws.
As of Dec. 12, 813 migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the EA system were authorized to work in the U.S.; by Dec. 28, that number had grown to 2,713. Despite top officials' claims this fall that the number of migrant families coming into Massachusetts was decreasing, thousands of families continue to apply for placement in the state's emergency shelter system. Since Nov.
10, 1,393 families have applied to live in Emergency Assistance housing, according to a new report from the Healey administration. The number of homeless families in need of shelter has exploded in the past year, largely driven by an influx of immigrants coming into the country legally but unable to work under federal immigration laws. With the state on the cusp of its coldest months of the year, Emergency Assistance Director Scott Rice said Nov. 30 that the"trends are going down" for families coming to the Bay State."Some time in October, the numbers coming into the state started to go down. After that, we put a cap in place. After that, the weather got cold," he sai
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