"I don't like the cold, Latin Americans don't like the cold," says Oswill Nazareth Zorrilla Rojas, who has been living in a tent for three months.
"Winter is always going to be a time where we're going to find ourselves at capacity levels," says Ron Stanley Jr., the vice president of men's ministry at the Central Union Mission.
With a surge in homelessness in the U.S. by 18% last year, the cold emergency forces shelters like the Central Union Mission to accommodate last-minute arrivals.
In extreme weather, "probably more than usual" people seek shelter, affirming the urgent need for warming spaces during winter months in Washington, D.C.
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