The Healey-Driscoll Administration Adopts GOP-Proposed Shelter Reforms in Last-Minute Policy Shift Just in Time for Election Season

The Healey-Driscoll Administration Adopts GOP-Proposed Shelter Reforms in Last-Minute Policy Shift Just in Time for Election Season
July 23, 2024
Boston, MA– Just in time for the election, The Healey-Driscoll Administration is making changes to the Emergency Assistance shelter system that Republican leaders, including Minority Leaders Jones and Tarr, have been advocating for over the past year and a half. However, these changes still come too little too late as Massachusetts taxpayers have already spent over a billion dollars to hold up the emergency housing program.
MassGOP Chair Amy Carnevale commented on the Governor’s sudden policy shift, stating, “The Healey-Driscoll Administration is finally implementing some of the measures we’ve been advocating, despite repeated opposition from the Democratic supermajority. While it’s good to see some necessary steps being taken, it’s frustrating to consider the significant amount of money that has been wasted reaching this point.”
“These changes could have been enacted when Republicans first spoke out about the migrant crisis; however, the Healey-Driscoll Administration and the Democratic supermajority preferred to placate their base rather than address the crisis at hand. Their sudden shift now exposes a clear hypocrisy in their stance, preferring to play politics, rather than making the tough decisions for the betterment of the Commonwealth,” Carnevale concluded.
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