State to End Homeless Program That Includes Families in Braintree Hotel
The program has placed 20 families in one Braintree hotel.
The state Department of Housing and Community Development plans to end a program that places homeless families in hotels, including one in Braintree, according to the Boston Globe. The program, which started during the 1980s, would end by June 30, 2014. According to the most recent state figures, Braintree housed 20 families at Extended Stay America on Rockdale Street in 2011. With the closing of the program in 2013, the state plans to bolster efforts to find permanent housing and prevent homelessness, according to the Globe. However, housing advocates fear permanent housing for program participants may never be found. The decision comes as the economic downturn stretched the program to its 2,000 hotel room limit, according to the Globe…
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