Overview
- Five of the 13 people were found in public spaces, while the others died in hospitals or within social-service facilities, the city said.
- The Institute for Forensic Medicine will jointly publish causes of death on a recurring basis, and authorities plan unified counting to reduce conflicting figures.
- Social Senator Melanie Schlotzhauer reports the winter emergency program stayed open all day during the freeze and says no one seeking help was turned away, with street teams, donated taxis and transit leniency used to reach people.
- Shelter capacity has been expanded since November—400 places in Friesenstraße, 300 in Châu-und-Lân-Straße, plus around 100 container places—yet officials say the system was never at full occupancy.
- Authorities cite addiction, mental illness and negative experiences as barriers to uptake and outline next steps including a new Stresemannstraße day center in early March, Pik As refurbishment by late March, a planned men’s facility to mirror Notkestraße, and a forensic outpatient clinic in Repsoldstraße this spring.