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Cost Of Hotels, Quality Of Meals Questioned In Massachusetts Homeless Migrant Crisis
A promotional video of the Fairfield Inn Boston Dedham shows when it was open, the nightly room rate started at about $129.
April 4, 2024
BOSTON - The I-Team is continuing to dig into the cost of the homeless migrant crisis in Massachusetts. Uncovering state contracts that show taxpayers are paying tens of millions of dollars to hotels for rooms and food. Questioning the state oversight and inspection of the properties and the food.
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Promotional video of the Fairfield Inn Boston Dedham shows when it was open, the nightly room rate started at about $129.
Now used to house homeless families and migrants, the state is paying more than $180 for the same room, or about $5400 a month for one room with no kitchen.
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WBZ-TV's Cheryl Fiandaca speaks with a woman living in the Fairfield Inn Boston Dedham/CBS Boston
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