Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has announced that all remaining hotel shelters across the state will be shut down, marking the end of an emergency order issued in response to the surge of migrants under the Biden administration.

The left-wing governor applauded the order as a success, arguing she inherited a broken system from her predecessor, Governor Charlie Baker.

“When we took office, families were being placed in hotels all across the state, and families were staying in shelter for months – sometimes years – at a time. There was no plan in place to reform the shelter system to handle the surge in demand, protect taxpayer dollars or help families leave shelter. We can all agree that a hotel is no place to raise a family. So we took action,” Healey said in a statement. “As a result of my reforms and our efforts to help families get jobs and stable housing, we have fewer families in shelter than the day we took office, and all hotel shelters are now closed – months ahead of schedule. We’re saving taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and putting families on a path to self-sustainability.”

Since 1983, Massachusetts has had a right-to-shelter law, the only state to have such a policy in place. Under Healey, that law was modified to impose a six-month stay limit and to require proof of residency and lawful immigration status, with some exceptions, according to Fox News.

The state is projected to spend nearly $1 billion in fiscal year 2025 on its emergency shelter system, with migrant families making up a significant portion of those receiving assistance. The program’s cost amounts to around $3,496 per week per family, according to the state’s Executive Office for Housing and Livable Communities.

A spokesperson for Healey told the Boston Herald on Monday that the governor “inherited a disaster of a shelter system” and acted to fix it.

“Gov. Healey is the one who took action to implement a length of stay limit, mandate criminal background checks, require residents to prove Massachusetts residency and lawful immigration status, and get families out of hotels,” the spokesperson said.

However, Mike Kennealy, who served as the state’s housing secretary under former Governor Baker, said he warned Healey about the migrant issue when she took office.

“I warned incoming Gov. Healey about a potential looming migrant crisis. I warned her in writing. I warned her at an in person meeting,” he posted on X. “She didn’t listen.”