ST. LOUIS — The City of St. Louis announced on Wednesday that a new set of emergency shelter activation levels based on weather conditions will go into effect. They say the change will help the city and the shelter providers better predict the needs of the unhoused.
The city calls it part of the Winter 2025-26 Code Blue Plan in accordance with and as required by Mayor Cara Spencer’s Executive Order 93.
“The Department of Human Services and our community partners have done an outstanding job scaling up emergency shelter to levels previously unheard of, providing a safe place to stay for unhoused St. Louisans and those whose homes can’t be kept warm because of tornado damage,” Spencer said…