Governor Maura Healey is asking the legislature for an additional 425-million-dollars for the emergency shelter system. 

Healey says the money is needed to make sure the shelter system for homeless migrant and local families is funded through the end of the fiscal year. 

Healey has filed a bill that would shift pandemic era surplus money to pay for the shelter system.  The measure would also reduce the amount of time a family can stay in state run shelters from nine to six months, and phase out the use of hotels for the program.