Homelessness is a person or family who has no place to use as a home or shelter. The U.S. government provides emergency/winter shelter to homeless people living in the United States. Winter shelters are really helpful for the homeless, but there is a problem with this service. States have control over opening and closing these shelters. Before winter begins, each state chooses a temperature to open winter shelters, and they open shelters when the weather is lower than the chosen temperature. For example, New York City has decided to open its winter shelters when the weather is colder than the previous winter's 32 F. Each state has a different temperature for opening their shelters. Fatal hypothermia can be caused when the temperature is 50F or lower, however most cities expect it to be much colder. Opening emergency winter shelters below 50 degrees F makes no sense because it causes pain to some unfortunate and innocent people on the streets, is harmful to the health of the homeless, and is stingy by saying that human life is less important than money. The homeless suffer. , while cities wait for a chosen temperature to open winter shelters. The chosen lowest temperature appears in Baltimore, which is 13F. 13F is really too cold. Basically telling homeless people to sleep outside when it's 15F outside is absolutely not fair to those people. No one deserves such pain. There are some causes that people cannot prevent. For example, a large number of homeless people in the United States are veterans. Yes, that's true. These are the people who risked their lives for their country, were injured and are no longer able to work. The United States is supposed to take care of them by giving them homes and money, but the government doesn't even open its shelters for those reckless... middle of paper... icole. “Life and Death for the Homeless This Winter.” Socialistworker.org. January 8, 2014. Web. May 23, 2014Henry, Meghan; Cortes, Dr. Álvaro; Morris, Sean. "The 2013 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress". 2013. Web. 9 April 2014Thomas, Emily. "Winter Storm Hercules: Homeless in New York, Grueling Weather on Northeast Face". 2014. Web and published. April 9, 2014Kurtzleben, Danielle. "Homelessness in the US is declining... Maybe". November 22, 2013. Web and published. 9 April 2014National Coalition for the Homeless. “The Homeless in America.” No publication date. Network. April 9, 2014"The homeless in the United States. , The free encyclopedia". Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. April 8, 2014. Web. April 9, 2014Mitchell, Bill. “The Risks of Living on the Street in Bitter Cold: When Not to Walk.” January 31, 2014. Web and published. April 9th 2014