Upper Peninsula homeless shelter had to exceed its capacity this winter. Things could get worse.

Upper Peninsula homeless shelter had to exceed its capacity this winter. Things could get worse.

Room at the Inn street outreach worker Chelan Gonzalez stands on a snow drift to clear a doorway to one of the group's family shelters in Marquette, Michigan, in March 2026. | Room at the Inn, Marquette, MISub-zero temperatures during the cold snap in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in January and February this winter caused a surge of homeless people seeking shelter at the Room at the Inn — one of only a handful of shelters in the U.P. But Chelsea W…