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Audit finds most Brookline lodging houses compliant; Pine Street Inn and Caritas noted for higher medical call volumes
Summary
A Select Board review found most licensed lodging houses and in‑holders in compliance; Pine Street Inn and Caritas properties saw higher emergency medical calls, while staff recommended improved neighbor contact practices and follow-up where license paperwork remains incomplete.
Town licensing staff and police presented an audit Jan. 28 reviewing 42 lodging houses and five in‑holders in Brookline, finding that most properties were compliant with licensing requirements and that calls for service and code violations were generally low.
Tiffany Oliva, Assistant Town Administrator for Operations, and Lieutenant Charles Thornton of the Brookline Police Department summarized findings from the audit. The town focused on three additional data points this year at the Select Board’s request: 911/dispatch call types, DPW/health code complaints and violations, and compliance with the town’s…
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