Tag: Denver Homeless Shelter
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Residents brace for change as Salvation Army transitions from operating Denver’s hotel shelters
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, who considered Martinez more of a godmother than an aunt, had moved back to Denver from Las Vegas to serve as her caretaker. But because McMurrin was not explicitly named…
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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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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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City to open Denver Coliseum as emergency homeless shelter
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High demand at emergency cold weather overnight shelters has prompted Denver’s housing department to open a fifth shelter at the Denver Coliseum starting Saturday. At the onset of more frigid weather, Denver’s Department of Housing Stability (HOST) is extending its current cold weather shelter activation until at least Thursday, Feb. 20. Until then, overnight temperatures…
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Denver to activate emergency cold weather shelters starting Saturday
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With cold weather expected to hit the Front Range starting this weekend, Denver’s housing department is activating emergency cold weather shelters for homeless people until at least next Thursday. Four overnight cold weather shelters will open from 1 p.m. Saturday and close on Thursday at 11 a.m., according to the Denver Department of Housing Stability.…
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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’s cold weather homeless shelter protocol; how does it work?
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One of Denver’s most common strategies to provide homeless people shelter during extreme weather is its emergency cold weather shelter protocol. But to provide outreach to those living on the streets in winter weather remains a more complicated challenge. So far this winter season, Denver’s Department of Housing Stability (HOST) has activated city-operated emergency cold…
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Denver to activate emergency shelters for cold Thanksgiving weekend
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Denver is activating emergency shelters for five days starting Wednesday as cold weather is expected to blanket the region this Thanksgiving weekend. This week’s emergency shelter operation is the longest so far this year. The city’s cold weather plan provides additional shelter for people who are not in city shelters or third-party homeless units. Temperatures…
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Denver to activate homeless emergency shelters amid cold weather
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For the second time this season, Denver’s housing department is activating its emergency cold weather shelters to keep homeless people warm amid freezing temperatures this week. Denver’s Department of Housing Stability on Tuesday will activate its cold weather sheltering plan, which provides additional shelter for people not in city or third-party homeless shelters. Temperatures from…
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Denver nonprofit opens youth homeless shelter
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A long-awaited project to reduce youth homelessness came to fruition on Wednesday as Denver nonprofit Urban Peak opened its $38 million, 136-bed homeless shelter. The shelter, dubbed the “Mothership Campus,” serves homeless people ages 12 to 24. “I am so overwhelmed by this moment,” Urban Peak…