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D.C. is required to provide shelter for anyone who needs it each winter. But, some will still sleep in the streets

D.C. is legally required to make shelter available for anyone who needs it to protect them from the cold during hypothermia season, which starts in November. But people still sleep outside, even as the city expands its shelter capacity, and for those both in and outside of shelter, winter poses heightened health risks.

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