State plans to increase efforts to find permanent housing and prevent homelessness as this program will end in 2014.
The state Dept. of Housing and Community Development plans to end a program that places homeless families in hotels, including one in Natick, according to the Boston Globe. The program, which started during the 1980s, would end by June 30, 2014. With the closing, 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, according to the Globe. The decision comes as the economic downturn stretched the program to its 2,000 hotel room limit, according to the Globe. Aaron Gornstein, undersecretary for DHCD, told the Globe the program is not an "efficient" use of taxpayer money. While the program …
Natick Housing Authority executive director Edward Santos' resignation will take effect on Nov. 30.
Natick Housing Authority executive director Edward Santos has submitted his official letter of resignation, according to the NHA Board of Commissioners. On Nov. 30, assistant director Eileen Merritt will take over as interim director, should she accept the board's offer. Merritt, who has acted in Santos' absence since he reportedly left work early on Sept. 8, said she will discuss the offer more with the board in a couple of weeks. The board specified that the interim director would serve for a period no longer than six months or until a new executive director is chosen. Board chairman Gina Govoni said the authority owes it to the NHA and to the town to have a broad search for a new leader, but said Merritt's current position would neither…
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