Massachusetts shelters cost more than $1B for fiscal 25 years, immigrant families are the main factor

A new report says taxpayers in Massachusetts will spend $1 billion on the state’s emergency shelter program for fiscal 25, with immigrant families having a large percentage of those receiving assistance.

Governor Maura Healey’s administration has already spent $830 million in fiscal 25 years starting July 1 to accommodate more than 4,000 shelters received taxpayer-funded food, food, food, food, food, educate, Legal aid and case management.

The fee is about $3,496 per household per week and about $1,000 per person per week for a plan (called the Emergency Assistance (EA) system).

Reporting claims

The report was updated on June 16 at the Massachusetts Housing and Livable Community Executive Office every two weeks, noting that $679.6 million is spent on direct shelter costs and another $149.7 million is spent on wraparound services including education aid, work programs, National Guard salary, for security and rental assistance to help individuals exit the system.

According to the report, 1,600 of the 4,088 households in the system are currently immigrants, although that number may be much higher, as many immigrant families are considered eligible for the purpose of “Massachusetts resident.”

Immigrants under the Biden administration have poured in, trying to accommodate them, and the state has flooded the country. Many immigrants end up sleeping at Logan Airport Healey Administration Efforts are made to establish temporary shelters, many of which are in hotels.

The program currently uses 599 hotel rooms, and the report notes that all hotels used under the program will be closed this year.

The number of hotels used as shelters has dropped to 28, well above the peak of more than 100, the report said.

“The government is expected to reduce the number of cases to 4,000 families by the end of the calendar year and close all hotel shelters,” the report said. It follows Healey, Democratsalso said that last month, all hotel shelters will be closed by the end of this year. She said last month, the number of people in the EA system also dropped below 5,000.

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“Close hotel shelters are crucial to ensuring families are built successfully and save hundreds of millions of dollars a year for our state,” Governor Lieutenant Kim Driscoll said.

The report is influx New immigrants Given that almost all people who have almost ended the border crossing are at historic lows.

On Tuesday, Trump administration border tsar Tom Homan said that the Border Patrol met only 95 illegal immigrants in one day, and that’s what it means Zero immigration is released Entered the United States last month.

Mike Kennealy, a Republican running for governor, previously served as Housing and Economic Development Secretary, exploded the report.

Taxpayers “were forced to spend billions of dollars on an irresponsible, broken system that perpetuates the immigration crisis and we’re fed up,” he said. Boston pioneer.

Fox News contacted Healey’s office for comment, but did not receive an immediate response.

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“While families are struggling to afford daily necessities, the state pays $15,166 per month for each family. It’s not only crazy, but offensive.”

The report also notes that 1,599 individuals in the EA system are currently employed and 2,270 immigrants have been authorized for work.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, Massachusetts The report predicts that it may exceed $1.06 billion.