The housing assistance former foster kids in Mass. aren’t getting

Vouchers intended for homeless youth are underutilized in Mass.

In 2019, the federal government launched a housing program to help young people, aged 18 to 24 who have lived in foster care or other residential placement, pay for housing through the use of vouchers. But while Massachusetts likely has more than 1,000 young people currently living in homelessness who would be eligible for the vouchers, only 88 have been issued since the program started – and not even all of those have been put to use.

Today on The Common, Jason Laughlin of The Boston Globe joins us to explain why this program has gone so under utilized.