Homeless people are at risk of dying on the streets this winter since many frigid cities don’t have emergency action plans in place.
But if an innovative portable shelter hits the market, many of those deaths could easily be prevented.
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“Lives are saved when communities open additional shelters during spells of cold weather,” Michael Stoops, director of community organizing at the NCH, told ThinkProgress last year. “Keeping shelters open all winter long, and not just when the temperature drops below a certain threshold, would be the best way to help the homeless community get through the cold weather season.”
