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ak47workaccnt OP t1_ixhc2fn wrote

"Temporary" intake shelter they said.

Up to 60 families (125 people maxium) they said.

Stays at the center will be short they said.

Expected to be open for four months they said.

I suppose they expect it to be open for 4 months because they'll feel more comfortable making people homeless when it's not so cold outside.

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witteefool t1_ixk4x4z wrote

Yeah, I don’t understand how a 4 month stay at a shelter is going to get unhoused families back in their feet. There needs to be more long term solutions with affordable housing (and also raising the minimum wage but at least MA is decent about this.) The increase in homelessness is nationwide, there’s clearly a large problem here that a short term shelter can’t address.

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time4line t1_ixlto4z wrote

yea well its more complicated now then just having X spot to put Y people

things like attaching credit scores to rent kinda put a damper on things also

I know more people that are struggling with housing from NOT paying their bills and spending on X,Y,Z

cooperating with others for a common goal of sustainable suitable safe housing should be everyone's top priority

many need help achieving that goal

others just need to stop being dinks, slobs, addicts, or other unattractive traits that prevent them from obtaining long term stability

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Kestre333 t1_ixhw8ty wrote

Are they accepting or requesting any donations?

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ak47workaccnt OP t1_ixhwodq wrote

It's going to be run by the Massachusetts emergency management agency, so just pay your taxes I guess.

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MOGicantbewitty t1_ixk5viv wrote

MEMA has very little money. And people can donate to the state with a specific stated purpose.

Here is MEMA’s website with contact info.

Just remember that they won’t be fully staffed and taking these kinds of calls or emails until Monday, but you can absolutely contact them and ask how you can donate.

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MOGicantbewitty t1_ixk5xw8 wrote

Reposting under your comment so you can see :)

MEMA has very little money. And people can donate to the state with a specific stated purpose.

Here is MEMA’s website with contact info.

Just remember that they won’t be fully staffed and taking these kinds of calls or emails until Monday, but you can absolutely contact them and ask how you can donate.

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zaliska1 t1_ixiborw wrote

Live in Devens myself and we’re happy to welcome some new neighbors

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SwingPrestigious695 t1_ixhci62 wrote

The folks in Ayer are gonna just loooove this.

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squannacook t1_ixhpo18 wrote

Why wouldn't they love it? Most people in these parts are happy to see families and children stay warm in the winter.

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squannacook t1_ixi62za wrote

I leave my house often, yes. And yes, I would be happy to volunteer my time to help these human beings. I'm a person, I care, and I'm not alone. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours :]

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PakkyT t1_ixhdc4q wrote

So Shirley and Harvard will be fine about it? ;)

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Bos_lost_ton t1_ixho8xs wrote

Us crunchy granola hippies in Harvard are cool with it

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IamaMentalGiant t1_ixj6d7e wrote

Lol Harvard actually gated the only road into Devens from Harvard.

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Bos_lost_ton t1_ixj8xl6 wrote

Lol, touché. Well, I’ll revise it to most* of us.

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iamanalog t1_ixirw4o wrote

Aw man my nice quiet rest spot before work. Now the parking lot will be a mess. It'll be like when the annoying ass soccer and lacrosse kids are in town. Of course I'm kidding about the shelter, that's a great use of that space. Now only if they actually did something with the thousands and thousands of sqft of space just rotting away. I'm not kidding about the soccer and lacrosse crowds, almost all of those kids and families are beyond annoying.

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savory_thing t1_ixjn827 wrote

There’s always the parking lot by the museum field, nobody is ever there.

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squannacook t1_ixhpx8n wrote

The comments here are... disheartening.

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TheTr7nity t1_ixk8xhq wrote

What do they mean by former military base? It’s still used by the Army and Marine Corp.

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oldcreaker t1_ixho53n wrote

So - will the people being sent there have any choice of whether or not to go?

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Maronita2020 t1_ixi72yu wrote

Usually homeless families go to the DTA office when they become homeless and are assigned to a family shelter or if no family shelter placement is available will often put them up in a motel room. They generally do not get a choice for their placement. As a former advocate for homeless families I can tell you that some families were placed in shelters in places such as Marshfield but their children would commute back to Boston for school (as they lived in Boston when they became homeless and intended to get housing in Boston and under federal law they have the right to continue to go to school at their last permanent residence.) Of course the host city didn't like this as the host city had to pay for the transportation to the school they went to, and the school they went to had to pay for the transportation back to the shelter they lived in. (The homeless family did have the option to send their child to the school the shelter was in, but often chose not to exercise that option.)

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ak47workaccnt OP t1_ixhog18 wrote

They can probably choose to fend for themselves. It's not a detention center.

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Itchy-Marionberry-62 t1_ixopxn6 wrote

Flood Massachusetts with millions of these folks. 😀👍🏼

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bemest t1_ixhjwo6 wrote

Or we could close the border.

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snerdaferda t1_ixhwd7p wrote

I love how people think there’s a big fuckin’ welcome to Disneyland sign at the border. You know how many people die and are sent back each year? Do you want a country people want to come to, or do you just want to destroy every other country and then have a shocked pikachu face when people try to escape oppression and miserable lives for something better?

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bemest t1_ixixmtr wrote

I want sovereignty where we welcome those that immigrate here through our legal process.

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ak47workaccnt OP t1_ixhoqgd wrote

Or we could let them stay at your place.

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bemest t1_ixixzzy wrote

Funny you should say that. I have sponsored 2 immigrants that have just received their citizenship in the last year and am currently sponsoring another, we are expect permanent visa approval any day now.

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ak47workaccnt OP t1_ixjfi6k wrote

Your wife twisting your arm to sponsor her family members doesn't make you a good person.

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beoheed t1_ixi87ik wrote

I’m going to ignore your assumption that undocumented people are inherently bad (which is, despite however you might justify it, racist), and question your assumption that all of the people using this shelter will all be undocumented. There are plenty of unhoused individuals and families who have spent their whole lives in the commonwealth.

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Clear_Forever_2669 t1_ixjr971 wrote

Or we could stop destabilizing and ruining their countries for over 100 years?

You're a lowlife piece of boomer shit.

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