Migrant families who sought out shelter at Logan International Airport will no longer be allowed to sleep there, the Healey-Driscoll administration announced…
will no longer be allowed to sleep there, the Healey-Driscoll administration announced Friday as it unveiled new plans to manage the overtaxed emergency shelter system.
Instead, the governor said waitlisted families currently sleeping at the airport will be offered transfers to the state's new safety-net system, which includes sites across the state. Staff will be onsite at Logan to work with families during the transition.and will be able to house 140 families. The state has been working to expand temporary shelter options and improve shelter exit rates to get the capacity crisis under control.Sign up for NECN newsletters.
"With this progress, the recent opening of a new safety-net site in Norfolk and the new nine-month length of stay policy, we are now in a position to end the practice of families staying overnight in the airport. This is in the best interest of families and travelers and staff at Logan, as the airport is not an appropriate place for people to seek shelter,” saidsent state officials to the U.S.
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