Posted on December 12, 2016 by Ann-Derrick Gaillot in Bustle Bustle, By Ann-Derrick Gaillot Though national rates of homelessness have been reportedly decreasing in recent years, roughly 550,000 people across the country are still sleeping in shelters, tents, cars, or outside on the ground each night. Winter is a particularly dangerous time for people experiencing homelessness, and this year temperatures are expected to drop especially low in some areas, thanks to the return of the Polar Vortex. For those who are sleeping without shelter or heat, these colder temperatures can be deadly; sadly, 700 people die every year from hypothermia as a result of loss of housing, according to the National Health Care for the Homeless Council.
