"Wish for the holidays: A roof over their heads"
Boston Globe City Weekly, 12/21/08
This article talks about homeless families in Cambridge staying in motels during the holiday season:
"Homeless, jobless and living at the Cambridge Gateway Inn with her two young daughter, Sadie Fry nevertheless considered herself one of the lucky ones."There are 654 homeless families at motels in the state of Massachusetts as of 12/10/08. "According to the Department of Transitional Assistance, motels receive an average of $85 per family per night, and the state places families in such arrangements when shelters are full."
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