Senate and House bump heads over emergency shelter cap with budget bill

Senate and House bump heads over emergency shelter cap with budget bill.

The Senate of Massachusetts publishedd

House in reply to Governor Maura Healey’s emergency shelter prohibition.

Healey’s proposal to give the state’s overburdened shelter system $250 million is part of the $2.8 billion spending package that the Senate, like the House, has approved.

However, in contrast to the House, a crucial component of the House bill was absented by Democrats in charge of the upper chamber: language authorizing an overflow site required to maintain the governor’s 7,500-family shelter quota.

The $2.7 billion supplementary bill introduced by shelter leaders includes $50 million for an overflow location intended to shelter homeless families. Healey was required by the House measure to establish a site within 30 days or else she would forfeit her shelter cap until a site was located.

Tuesday is scheduled as the start of the Senate’s formal session and debate.

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