Mass. and Cass

Monday is the start of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s plan to relocate people living in the area known as “Mass. and Cass.”

A judge denied a request to stop the city of Boston from evicting people from the Mass. and Cass tent encampment.

The city of Boston does not have to pause evictions of unhoused people from the area known as Mass. and Cass.

A Superior Court judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order stopping the City of Boston from evicting people from a homeless encampment in the area known as Mass. and Cass. The ACLU of Massachusetts filed the lawsuit against the city on behalf of three unhoused people to protect “the legal rights and safety” of those being evicted as part…

A judge will hear from the ACLU of Massachusetts Tuesday and consider whether Boston should stop evicting people who are living in tents along the area known as Mass. and Cass or Methadone Mile. The ACLU of Massachusetts filed a lawsuit last week against the City of Boston to protect “the legal rights and safety” of people being evicted from…

The ACLU of Massachusetts said it has filed a lawsuit against the City of Boston to protect “the legal rights and safety” of homeless people being evicted from the so-called “Mass. and Cass” area.

The ACLU of Massachusetts said it has filed a lawsuit against the City of Boston to protect “the legal rights and safety” of people being evicted from the homeless encampment in the area known as Mass. and Cass. The lawsuit, filed Thursday on behalf of three unhoused people, follows the recent evictions as part of the city’s plan to...

Our team spent three weeks talking to people at the encampments

We spent three weeks in the area of Mass. and Cass following the people that live there.

Kitty talks about why she’s living on the street.

Ronald Geddes explains why it’s so hard to find housing

South End neighbors Chrissy and Bob talk about helping people on Mass. and Cass.

Sue Sullivan talks about the homelessness crisis at Mass. and Cass in Boston.

Encampments near Mass. and Cass are being cleared as part of outgoing Boston Mayor Kim Janey’s executive order, a first step in tackling a public health crisis that started with six tents and ballooned to almost 200 in less than six months. Our investigators spent weeks following people struggling on the streets. “What you see is what you get. Every…

A special court for people arrested near the homeless encampment in Boston known as Mass. and Cass began hearing cases on Monday, while local criminal justice advocates said exaggerated concerns about public health were being used to arrest and detain people. The city says it needs to hold court in a jail facility because people living in the homeless camp…

City officials have started cleaning up the homeless encampment in Boston’s Mass. and Cass area, amid worries that the move won’t work.

People living in the area known as Mass. and Cass were ordered to clear out by Monday morning, but much of the area remained a mess by the afternoon. Boston city workers made some progress tearing down tents in the encampment following the 6 a.m. deadline for residents to leave and an 8 a.m. start to the cleanup, deadlines set…

People living in tents at Mass. and Cass have until Monday morning to clear out before the clean-up starts at 8 a.m.

Some worry what will happen come Monday morning when the deadline to move out is up.

Boston city officials have set a deadline for people living in tents in the area known as Mass. and Cass, telling residents Friday that they’d have to be out early Monday morning. Notices said the cleanup will start at 8 a.m. that morning, and the city confirmed Friday that it was stepping up enforcement of its recent push to...