Homelessness
The Biden administration has withdrawn the proposed rule, which would have allowed single-sex shelters to turn away transgender people.
“This ever-worsening public health and safety emergency demands immediate, life-saving action," a federal judge said Tuesday.
Advocates in California are urging the state to prioritize the single-dose vaccine for unhoused people, who can be harder to reach.
As the state moves to an age-based rollout for the COVID-19 vaccine, advocates worry that people who are unhoused or incarcerated will be left behind.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
After the California city didn’t open a warming shelter amid a major wind and rain storm, two unhoused people were found dead.
Pushing millions of people out of their homes could prolong the coronavirus pandemic and trigger a wave of long-term impacts.
There have been steep rises in people living in temporary accommodation since Covid hit.
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No services were taking place at the San Jose church where homeless people had been sheltering from the cold, police said.
The number of people sleeping rough is expected to rise dramatically in the winter months as a result of the pandemic.
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