This winter may be especially brutal for Twin Cities homeless shelters.
The big picture: Drastic cuts to federal housing funding are set to kick in Jan. 1 — and may cascade through an already fragile anti-homelessness system, advocates say.
Driving the news: This weekend’s below-normal temps were an early test for some emergency shelters and day centers, which were already straining under rising food costs and the recent interruption to SNAP benefits…