Motels are one of the state’s most expensive options at $82 a night, almost as much as congregate housing’s $100 a night cost. In the past five years, state spending on motels has exploded to more than $46 million from about $1 million in 2008, according to state records
The average motel stay, state housing officials said, is about seven months, although some families live in motels for a year waiting for affordable housing.
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