Critics of a policy limiting local and migrant families’ stays in state-run overflow shelters to five business days pressed Gov. Maura Healey Thursday to pause or rescind the rule one day before the first batch of people were required to exit their temporary housing.


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Originally Published: <time datetime="2024-08-08 16:08:43">August 8, 2024 at 4:08 p.m.</time>

Critics of a policy limiting local and migrant families’ stays in state-run overflow shelters to five business days pressed Gov. Maura Healey Thursday to pause or rescind the rule one day before th…{ai:summary}<p>As the clock ticked down, critics urged Gov. Maura Healey to reconsider a policy booting local and migrant families from state-run shelters after just five days. The first exodus loomed, a ticking time bomb of human stories ready to detonate.</p><p>In the shadows of a ticking bureaucracy, compassion collided with regulation, leaving displaced families hanging by a thread. #society</p>

As 5-day overflow shelter limit pushes families out, advocates make final push to stop policy

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