Homelessness
Aurora City Council considers bringing back notice before sweeping homeless camps
Updated 3 weeks ago
New Aurora City Council member Rob Andrews proposed a resolution that, if passed at a future regular council meeting, would bring back the requirement for...
Greeley’s StarRise Apartments offers permanent residency to the homeless
Updated 1 month ago
GREELEY – Before 2025, Christine Taulman was not the biggest fan of the holidays. Her feelings were understandable — homeless, she was in and out...
Jeffco saw largest increase in homelessness rate in metro area last year
Updated 1 month ago
Jefferson County saw the highest increase in the rate of homelessness in the metro area, though Denver still dwarfed its neighbor’s total number of homeless...
Denver seeks executive director for Department of Housing Stability
Updated 1 month ago
The City of Denver is on the hunt for its next Department of Housing Stability executive director, a role vacated late last year by Jamie...
Denver mayor aims to reduce gun violence, homelessness in 2026
Updated 1 month ago
Denver City Council to mull spending $30M on homeless services
Updated 2 months ago
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless workers rally, citing low pay, high turnover
Updated 2 months ago
Denver ranked 5th in metro areas with highest homeless population, report says
Updated 2 months ago
Denver City Council to revisit cold-weather shelter funding next week
Updated 2 months ago
Aurora City Council Q&A: Homelessness
Updated 2 months ago
Denver housing official was named in Urban Alchemy lobbying kerfuffle
Updated 3 months ago
Denver’s performance-based shelter contracts face test with Urban Alchemy
Updated 3 months ago
Denver’s homeless access more services
Updated 3 months ago
Denver approves $30M shelter contract with Urban Alchemy
Updated 3 months ago
Historic Denver YMCA to be transformed into affordable housing
Updated 3 months ago
U.S. Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks placed the original cornerstone for the Denver YMCA at the corner of 16th Avenue and Lincoln Street in late...
Denver City Council approves $600 million for DOTI on-call services
Updated 3 months ago
A cluster of close to 55 resolutions – totaling $600 million for contracts to provide on-call services for the city’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure...
Residents brace for change as Salvation Army transitions from operating Denver’s hotel shelters
Updated 3 months ago
It was a scorching day in Denver on Sept. 1, 2023, when Bernadette McMurrin’s aunt, Christina Martinez, passed away in a small apartment. McMurrin, 41,...
Salvation Army’s Harbor Light Center helps addicts get back on their feet
Updated 3 months ago
Dustin French walked through the doors of The Salvation Army’s Harbor Light Center in downtown Denver in July after 16 years as an addict. It...
Denver Council to consider $400 million in infrastructure contracts
Updated 3 months ago
Denver to activate cold weather homeless shelters
Updated 4 months ago
What to know about expanded work requirements about to kick in for SNAP
Updated 4 months ago
Food banks in Denver area struggle to meet the need
Updated 4 months ago
Jamie Rife to depart as head of Denver’s housing stability program
Updated 4 months ago
Aurora celebrates opening of homeless navigation campus
Updated 4 months ago
Loveland city officials explore strategies to address homelessness
Updated 5 months ago
Denver City Council to consider more funding for homeless services
Updated 5 months ago
Denver picks new service providers for hotel homeless shelters
Updated 5 months ago
Denver halts emergency rental assistance program, leaving families scrambling
Updated 5 months ago
Denver budget woes spotlight shift in Johnston’s homelessness campaign
Updated 6 months ago
The city’s budget woes have triggered shifts in the future of Mayor Mike Johnston’s campaign to eliminate homelessness in Denver. After a week-long series of...
Comfort Inn shelter to close as Denver’s homeless strategy evolves
Updated 6 months ago
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston plans to close the Comfort Inn, one of the city’s larger homeless shelter hotels, and cease funding for the Monroe Village...