From Fox News: Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced the closure of all remaining hotel shelters in the Bay State amid the formal termination of her executive emergency focused on the state’s Biden-era migrant influx.
Meanwhile, Mike Kennealy — her Republican rival in the 2026 gubernatorial sweeps who also served as the state’s housing secretary under GOP Gov. Charlie Baker — is telling the Democrat, “I told you so.”
Healey described her emergency order period as a success, saying that when she took over from Baker, “families were being placed in hotels all across the state, and families were staying in shelter for months – sometimes years – at a time.”
“There was no plan in place to reform the shelter system to handle the surge in demand, protect taxpayer dollars or help families leave shelter. We can all agree that a hotel is no place to raise a family. So, we took action,” Healey said, as the state employed hotels, community centers and even a defunct prison to house the influx.
Kennealy’s comments came weeks after a report showed Bay Staters will spend as much as $1 billion cumulatively on the state’s emergency shelter program in FY-2025, with migrant families making up a significant share of those receiving assistance.
Kennealy claims that he warned Healey about a “potential, looming migrant crisis – I warned her in writing.”
“She didn’t listen,” he said Tuesday, saying Healey was”playing politics” with the Biden-era migrant crisis and “selling false hope” to migrants and taxpayers.
I warned incoming Gov. Healey about a potential looming migrant crisis.
I warned her in writing. I warned her at an in person meeting.
She didn’t listen.https://t.co/w5G5fcYYh7
— Mike Kennealy (@MikeKennealy) August 5, 2025
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