Newsletter Photo by Levi Meir Clancy on Unsplash Wildfire smoke is just one more air pollution problem for homeless As Canadian wildfire smoke inundated U.S. cities, people took shelter indoors. For homeless people, dangerous air quality is inescapable.
Politicscommons.wikimedia.org New FEMA program would place homeless disaster survivors in apartments instead of trailer parks New FEMA program would place homeless disaster survivors in apartments instead of trailer parks and also offer more social services.
Impacts www.nytimes.com Death Valley hits 130 degrees as heat wave sweeps the West Temperatures were broiling from Utah to California as another “heat dome” led Western states to set up cooling centers and issue motel vouchers.
Impacts www.bloomberg.com Winter storms target homeless in Texas and Oregon In cities like Houston and Portland, many unsheltered people sleep outdoors, leaving them particularly vulnerable during this week’s extreme cold.
