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AMERICAN NEWS Jun 20, 2024
SAVANAH HERNANDEZ REPORTS: Massachusetts spending $5,400 monthly per room for migrants, overwhelming small towns and cities outside of Boston
Massachusetts has a "right to shelter" law.
Savanah Hernandez
Texas, US
Jun 20, 2024
A former hotel outside of Boston that has since been turned into a migrant shelter has come under scrutiny after it was discovered that the commonwealth of Massachusetts is paying the hotel $5,400 a month per room to house migrants. Citizens of Massachusetts are getting increasingly angry as migrants begin to overwhelm small cities and towns outside of Boston.
A former Fairfield Inn hotel, located in Dedham, about 30 minutes outside of Boston, currently has all 149 rooms of the hotel filled with migrants. During an investigation into state contracts with these hotels, it was discovered that these rooms which were previously rented out for $129 per month, are now being rented for $180, or $5,400 per month for a room— without a kitchen.
Online, reviews for reservations for this hotel from as recently as October of 2023 read, "I received an email on SEPTEMBER 13 that my rooms were CANCELED. NO explanation/instructions or offer to help rebook. I called the hotel directly and a man told me that all reservations were canceled. 'The cancellation is to house the migrants. The state took us over,'" the review states.
https://thepostmillennial.com/savanah-hernandez-reports-massachusetts-spending-5400-monthly-per-room-for-migrants-overwhelming-small-towns-and-cities-outside-of-boston?utm_campaign=64483#google_vignette
