Air conditioning: not a luxury in Phoenix

Some Arizona members of Congress want to know why HUD won't pay air conditioning bills for subsidized housing in hot climates.

Meanwhile homeless people in Phoenix are still dying disproportionately of the heat, and while some immediate moves are being made to distribute water and to increase shelters' daytime opening hours, it is not clear if any broader civic self-examination has resulted.

(Readers, any thoughts on same?)