SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – There are 7,327 people in Massachusetts who are in emergency housing, according to the state’s biweekly report. New lawsuit alleges TikTok exploiting young people The shelter crisis continues as Massachusetts is the only right-to-shelter state in the country. The cap of families allowed in shelters is 7,500 and the emergency housing rates have been at record highs due to the influx of migrants arriving in Massachusetts. The length of stay is limited to nine months however, it will allow two 90-day extensions for those who are eligible, including pregnant people, people diagnosed with a disability or medical condition, and those at risk of harm from domestic violence. The average stay of families in shelters or hotels on August 22nd is 345 days. To date, $856.8 million has been spent on assistance in the 2024 Fiscal Year which includes the following: Shelter and associated services National Guard activation Clinical and Safety Risk Assessment Sites Temporary Emergency Shelters Family Welcome Centers Municipal payments TRC spending Number of families in Massachusetts emergency shelters: As of October 7th, 7,327 families are in shelters, hotels or motels, 3,639 of that number entered Massachusetts as migrants, refugees, or asylum seekers. In western Massachusetts, around 780 families are being housed in emergency shelters. 251 families on the waitlist are at Temporary Respite Centers (overflow sites) in Cambridge, Chelsea, Lexington, or Norfolk and two clinical and safety risk assessment sites in Revere and Quincy. According to the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, 162 families have left the emergency assistance program from September 19th through October 2nd. Acton 35 Amherst 6 Andover 33 Ashland 2 Attleboro 15 Auburn 88 Ayer 54 Barnstable 34 Beverly 26 Boston 1,295 Bourne 47 Bridgewater 6 Brockton 184 Brookline 33 Burlington 34 Cambridge 35 Chelmsford 4 Chelsea 22 Chicopee 113 Concord 98 Danvers 177 Dedham 167 Devens 11 Everett 96 Fall River 97 Falmouth 10 Fitchburg 9 Foxborough 79 Framingham 211 Franklin 96 Gardner 45 Gloucester 6 Greenfield 55 Hanson 1 Haverhill 78 Holyoke 173 Hudson 49 Kingston 91 Lawrence 68 Leicester 39 Lexington 26 Lowell 353 Lynn 312 Malden 62 Marlborough 158 Marshfield 21 Medford 40 Medway 11 Melrose 1 Methuen 73 Middleborough 12 Milford 82 Milton 2 New Bedford 29 North Attleboro 1 Northampton 28 Northborough 9 Norton 19 Norwell 15 Norwood 86 Peabody 238 Pittsfield 35 Plainville 52 Plymouth 35 Raynham 66 Revere 24 Rockland 71 Salem 75 Saugus 75 Sharon 74 Shrewsbury 52 South Hadley 7 Southbridge 1 Springfield 290 Stoneham 1 Stoughton 232 Taunton 180 Tewksbury 27 Wakefield 2 Waltham 52 Watertown 41 West Springfield 73 Westborough 59 Westminster 33 Weymouth 6 Woburn 112 Worcester 352 Local News Headlines Strangulation expert shares domestic violence signs at Springfield training What’s the most popular Halloween candy in Massachusetts? Will Massachusetts see northern lights, power grid impacts amid ‘severe’ geomagnetic storm? This is how many are in Massachusetts emergency housing assistance WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com.