Gov. Maura Healey’s administration has spent more than $700 million this fiscal year on taxpayer-funded shelters housing migrants and local families even as the number of families in shelter dropped below 5,000 last week, according to public data last updated April 17. 


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Gov. Maura Healey’s administration has spent more than $700 million this fiscal year on taxpayer-funded shelters housing migrants and local families even as the number of families in shelter droppe…{ai:summary}<p>Gov. Maura Healey's administration has allocated over $700 million this fiscal year for taxpayer-funded shelters for migrants and local families. This spending comes despite the number of families in shelters falling below 5,000 as of mid-April. #illegals</p>

Massachusetts spending on shelters housing migrants, locals tops $700M in FY25, data shows

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