A new plan, part of the Squares + Streets initiative, aims to bring more affordable housing and enhancements to Roslindale ...

Students at a nearby charter school often use the garden for science lessons, but safety and cleanliness concerns next door ...

This week at the State House in Boston, lawmakers worked on setting themselves up for success for the new 2-year session.

Senate Democrats forged ahead Wednesday with reforms and more funding for the state's family shelter system, adopting some ...

Amidst Boston’s ongoing battle against homelessness, the Neighborhood Association of Back Bay, or NABB, Homelessness Task ...

The 45 small, one-room structures on state-owned land behind the Foxy Lady strip club have been in the works since 2020.

VPI, a Boston-based nonprofit, specializes in addiction treatment services and housing provision for the city’s homeless ...

Governor Maura Healey’s new policy requiring additional criminal background checks of all adults in the state’s family shelter system has one striking catch: It would not evict anyone who has a ...

A sharply divided state House of Representatives approved a plan Thursday to pump another $425 million into the emergency shelter system while capping migrant stays and requiring expanded ...

That process began in April 2024 and connected 21 people to shelter or housing, said Cathryn Vassell, CEO of Partners for HOME, which partners with the city on homeless issues. “These spaces are ...

It ushered in a new era of homeless policy by allowing cities across the U.S. to ban sleeping outside and fine people for doing so, even when there aren't enough shelter beds. In Grants Pass — where ...

Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless Associate Director Kelly Turley said the letter made it sound like families were receiving shelter “on demand,” whereas the process requires applicants ...