Homeless In A Minnesota Winter

"As homelessness rises across the country, particularly among the working poor, there are few metropolitan areas where the absence of a home in the winter is harder felt than here. Temperatures can easily dip far below zero and affordable housing has become increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to find.A survey this spring found that 5,226 people sought shelter in Minneapolis and St. Paul on a given night, with 698 of those turned away.Those numbers are small compared to, say, New York City, which has about 30,000 people in shelters and an untold number in the streets. But unlike New York, Minnesota provides no legal right to shelter."