Tag: Catholic Charities
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EDITORIAL: Help those who truly help Colorado’s homeless
Colorado is fortunate to have charities that employ some highly effective strategies in addressing homelessness. And there’s a tax credit that’s helping advance their missions. In 2022, the legislature established the Homelessness Contribution Tax Credit, offering a 25% state tax credit for donors who contribute to qualifying organizations. But unless the legislature passes House Bill…
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Denver makes way for more affordable housing
More affordable housing units are under construction in the Park Hill neighborhood as Denver marked its largest, city-funded affordable housing project to break ground since the development of the Department of Housing Stability (HOST) in 2019. Mayor Michael Hancock joined developers Delwest Development Corp. at a late June groundbreaking ceremony for the Holly38 development. The…
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Soap, diapers, toothbrush: Denver pleads for donations as immigrant arrivals jump to 250 per day
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said the surge of immigrants may require cutting services, but he stopped short of saying immigrants would be turned away
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No lawful entry? No asylum: Biden administration responds to immigrants’ surge at border, influx in Denver
In its most forceful statement yet on the surge of immigrants at the U.S. border with Mexico — a crisis that has been spilling into America’s interior cities, such as Denver — the Biden administration said those who crossed into the U.S. illegally won’t be eligible for asylum. “Starting tonight, people who arrive at the border…
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Denver area shelters — at or near capacity — brace for immigrant surge
Ready or not, here they come. Local nonprofits — that for months have helped Denver temporarily house immigrants from South and Central America — are bracing for a new surge with the sunset of a pandemic-era border restriction that ends Thursday. “All the shelters are pretty much at capacity,” said Kristen Baluyot, Denver metro social…