Cleveland shelters near capacity as homeless encampments remain in bitter cold, snow

Bo White said has been staying at the Lutheran Men's Shelter on Lakeside Avenue since March.

"It's good that they do things for the community, bring people in and stuff like that and keep people out of the cold," White said.

He said despite the bitter cold and snow some still prefer to stay on the streets, not used to accepting help or afraid to go in the shelter.

"The unsheltered numbers are higher than they were in the last couple of years, but thankfully in this community, they haven't exploded like you hear on the West Coast, Skid Row, places like that," Michael Sering said.

Sering is the vice president of housing and shelter for Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry. He said majority of shelters around the city are at capacity.

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