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Peabody committee says state has provided limited information on migrant shelters; Holiday Inn slated to close Dec. 31, 2025
Summary
The municipal safety committee reported limited state communication about hotel-based migrant shelters, noted increased public-safety calls and building wear at the Holiday Inn site, and said the city will press for better coordination as the state plans to end use of the Holiday Inn on Dec. 31, 2025.
Peabody Councilor Manning Martin, chair of the Municipal Safety Committee, told the City Council on April 24 that city departments have received “little communication from the state” about the placement, operations and exit plans for migrant shelters housed in local hotels.
That lack of information, Manning Martin said, left department heads unable to report whether families relocated from other shelters or when state plans would begin and end. “The state has not been really forthcoming and sharing information with the city officials,” he said.
The committee heard reports from city department heads who…
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