State to End Homeless Shelter Program Placing Families in Natick
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 …
