Tag: Denver Department Of Housing Stability
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Denver seeks executive director for Department of Housing Stability
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 Rife. Along with a generous benefits package, which includes a lifelong monthly pension after five years of service, the salary range for HOST’s top chair, according to the job posting,…
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Denver to activate cold weather homeless shelters
At the onset of cold weather, Denver’s Department of Housing Stability plans to open its shelters Black Friday. It’s the second time this week HOST has opened its cold weather shelters. The shelters opened Tuesday night after it dipped below 25 degrees overnight in Denver into Wednesday morning. The shelter will open again after 1…
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Loss of one-time funding sources to impact Denver’s shelter budget
Denver’s Department of Housing Stability presented its slimmed-down 2026 spending plan on Monday as city budget hearings continue. With a projected general fund request of $71.6 million – down 0.13% from this year – HOST Executive Director Jamie Rife detailed the effects of the city’s loss of one-time federal funding, such as ARPA, for many…
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Denver’s $9M unused homeless shelter has a new price tag – it isn’t what you expected
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After not housing a single homeless person, a former hotel that Denver purchased for $9 million for use as a new homeless shelter is set to be sold off again — well over two years after its initial purchase, according to Denver’s Department of Housing Stability.…
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Does Denver’s ‘affordable’ housing goal align with today’s market needs? Experts weigh in
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As Denver pushes for more “affordable” housing, experts wonder if the city’s approach is sustainable and question whether it aligns with today’s market needs. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s goal for 2025 to “preserve” or help in the development of more than 3,000 such units. Denver worked with developers last year to build 1,695 new units,…
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‘Nothing more than a prison’: Homeless people open up about Denver’s programs
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Editor’s note: The Denver Gazette in recent months talked to several homeless people who tried the city’s programs. Some are in shelters, others expect to be back in the streets. Here’s a glimpse of their lives. Craig Beck of Denver was swept from a homeless…
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Denver encourages emergency shelter use ahead of arctic blast
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Denver is offering four emergency shelter site options for homeless people to stay warm ahead of extreme cold conditions slated for this weekend. The artic blast, which meteorologists expect to last from late Friday to Monday, is expected to send temperatures to as low as -10 degrees. That includes the potential impact of snow hitting…
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Denver cuts operator’s security budget at hotel-turned homeless shelter following shootings, deaths
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As Denver struggles to keep a hotel-turned homeless shelter secure, the city decided to cut down the site operator’s security budget and provide its own security measures instead. The Salvation Army is under a $10 million contract with Denver to operate, oversee and secure the former DoubleTree hotel, located at 4040 N. Quebec St. in…
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Homeless people find ‘comfort’ staying at Denver Coliseum
Vince Lepre celebrated his 17th birthday enlisting into the military during the Vietnam war. Roughly half a century later, he celebrated his 68th birthday as a homeless man keeping warm at Denver Coliseum, which the city temporarily turned into an emergency shelter at the onset of Colorado’s cold weather. The shelter will close on Saturday.…
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Denver mayor adds to administration with three new appointments
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s administration grows with the appointments of two deputy chief operating officers and an interim executive director of the Department of Housing Stability. The mayor announced in a news release Tuesday the appointments of two deputy chief operating officers, Gretchen Hollrah and Molly Urbina, both to be working under the new Chief…