A homeless shelter will be opening beds and hiring medical staff as part of Mayor Michelle Wu’s plan to relocate unhoused people from the intersection of Mass. and Cass.
Join us for East to West’s continuing special coronavirus coverage. This week, we cover BU’s decision to house Pine Street Inn workers on Fenway Campus, the university’s COVID-19 recovery plan,...
Amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, Boston University opened its Fenway Campus housing units to Pine Street Inn employees last week, as announced by the university Thursday.
Maura Sullivan has two sons with autism who are now homebound amid the coronavirus crisis. As the director of government affairs for The Arc of Massachusetts, a nonprofit disability advocacy group, Sullivan balances the life of a mother and advocate.
In this episode of East to West, we cover BU’s decision to suspend this semester’s Shanghai study abroad programs, the first recreational marijuana shop opening in Boston, and a profile on the...
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Friday that $20.6 million will be allocated for housing in the city’s 2020 fiscal year budget, an increase of 45 percent over the amount given last year. The funds are, according to a City press release, aimed at expanding access to affordable housing and combating homelessness in Boston.
With winter storms and freezing temperatures approaching, the City of Boston has been working with numerous city agencies, homeless shelters and other community partners to provide resources and services to aid the individuals affected by homelessness this winter.
As state legislators consider a sweeping criminal justice bill, Boston city councilors too are considering the needs of inmates and providers who work with them.
Boston’s housed and unhoused residents joined together to walk two miles in the rain through the city last Sunday. At the Winter Walk to End Homelessness, participants raised financial support and...
