New Bedford Massachusetts Motels

MOVING OUT OF MOTELS

LAST YEAR at this time, 600 homeless families in Massachusetts were living in motel rooms because of overcrowded state shelters. Today the count of families in motels is zero, thanks in part to the welfare department's shift from warehousing to providing help aggressively. The change is welcome,

Publication: The Boston Globe

Ruling may force hundreds out of ; Cape Cod motels Panel suspends owner's license

YARMOUTH - At the back of the motel room where Kerri Blackwell, her husband, and four young daughters have lived for more than a year, behind the mounds of laundry, the cans sorted for recycling, and the crib where the 10-month-old baby sleeps, the family has posted a handwritten sign. It says:

Publication: The Boston Globe

Homeless stays up in welfare motels

While the state has ballyhooed its efforts to end its reliance on welfare motels to house homeless families, the number of families in such motels has increased six-fold in the last two years, according to Weld administration statistics. Moreover, homeless families are languishing twice as long in

Publication: The Boston Globe

Mass. use of motels for homeless rises

In the past year, the number of homeless families temporarily housed in motels around Massachusetts with state funds has almost quadrupled, from 64 to 220, according to most recent figures. The trend, a symptom of cuts in government-subsidized housing assistance programs that would help families

Publication: The Boston Globe

Fumes force 22 to evacuate Cape motel.

Two pregnant women, along with a mother and her 3-year-old son, all with life-threatening levels of carbon monoxide were airlifted yesterday to Massachusetts General Hospital after 22 motel dwellers were evacuated after being overcome by the noxious gas. Deputy Fire Chief William Greene said

Publication: The Boston Herald

500 FAMILIES CALL MOTELS THEIR HOMES GUESTS ON WELFARE ARE OFTEN UNWELCOME

Erma Hamilton let the lid of the cooler drop with a thud, so that it covered up the rotting cheese and milk soaking in a few inches of warm water. "It's spoiled now," she said. The food was supposed to feed her children, her grandchildren and her great-grandchildren who live with her at the Boston

Publication: The Boston Globe

MORE HOMELESS SENT TO MOTELS 56% RISE OVER '86 FOR FAMILIES, DESPITE STATE EFFORT TO HELP

The number of homeless Massachusetts families living in hotels and motels has jumped 56 percent from last year despite increased services and state efforts to find permanent housing for them, welfare department records show. There are now 672 families living in hotels and motels, welfare officials

Publication: The Boston Globe

HULL MOTEL SERVES AS HAVEN FOR STATE'S HOMELESS FAMILIES

HULL - Guests at the Seashore Motel are usually transients who need a place to spend the night before heading back on the road. But the Nantasket Avenue establishment has become a refuge for homeless families from across Massachusetts. Homeless families are overwhelming the state's emergency

Publication: The Boston Globe

MORE HOMELESS FAMILIES ARE BEING PLACED IN MOTELS

HULL - Guests at the Seashore Motel are usually transients who need a place to spend the night before heading back on the road. But the Nantasket Avenue establishment has also become a refuge for homeless families from across Massachusetts. Homeless families are overwhelming the state's emergency

Publication: The Boston Globe

FINDING EMERGENCY SHELTER MORE FAMILIES WHO CAN'T AFFORD HOUSING BEING PLACED IN MOTELS

Guests at the Seashore Motel are usually transients who need a place to spend the night before heading back on the road. But the Nantasket Avenue establishment has also become a refuge for homeless families from across Massachusetts. Homeless families are overwhelming the state's emergency shelter

Publication: The Boston Globe