Gov. Healey announced changes​ that would require all shelter applicants to prove their residency status, increase background checks, and more.

Governor Maura Healey said the right-to-shelter laws' “original intent” was not to cover the “waves and waves of people,” including migrant families, who have come into the state in recent years.

Progressives are demanding Beacon Hill lawmakers reject Gov. Maura Healey’s proposed changes to state-run emergency shelters as other critics welcome the governor’s requests, some of which raise questions,