City of Austin to simplify activation process for cold weather shelters

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The city of Austin will simplify its process for activating cold weather shelters, according to a city memo.The city's Homeless Strategy Office (HSO) will now activate the shelters when the forecasted overnight temperatures are 35 degrees or below, which is a change from the city's "multi-tiered activation system." The city previously activated the shelters for different temperatures based on conditions."The new activation threshold simplifies the process for ease of understandi