Tag: Homeless Shelters
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Denver homeless numbers up, but fewer sleep on the streets
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Although fewer people are sleeping on the streets in Denver, the total number of homeless individuals in the city grew, a new report showed. This year, a total of 7,327 people were counted as homeless — a number that grew by 788 over 2024, according to the…
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Denver City Council OKs $3.1M for Salvation Army homeless services
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The Denver City Council approved five resolutions Monday night extending contracts and increasing funding for The Salvation Army by a total of $3.1 million to support the city’s homeless efforts. Although councilmembers voted unanimously on the resolutions as part of a larger block vote, their growing weariness of the cost and concerns about the efforts…
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Previewing Mayor Mike Johnston’s 2025 Goals; here’s what we know so far
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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is expected to focus on homelessness anew this year, although questions abound about where he would get the money to fund his initiatives amid moves by the Trump administration to withhold funds from “sanctuary” cities. Johnston will release goals for the city on Jan. 29 and has already dropped a…
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Financial security gaps beset Denver’s homeless shelter system | 2024: A LOOK BACK
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An audit report gave Denver residents their first comprehensive look into the city’s homeless shelter system following Mayor Mike Johnston’s efforts to curb the crisis during his first term. In late November, Denver Auditor Timothy O’Brien released an audit report that revealed the city’s Department of Housing Stability (HOST), which oversees many of Denver’s homeless…
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Denver approves extended homeless shelter deal
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The Denver City Council has approved an agreement to keep one of its hotel-based homeless shelters open through early next year. The agreement amends an existing contract with Quebec Hospitality, LLC, which owns the former Comfort Inn at 4685 N. Quebec St. It is one of four locations run by the city in Denver’s District…
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Denver City Council delays homeless shelter deal amid unpaid bill
Denver City Council voted unanimously on Monday to postpone approving an $11.5 million contract extension that would continue to house the homeless at a hotel in the 4600 block of Quebec Street. The resolution, if passed, would extend an agreement between the City and County of Denver and Quebec Hospitality LLC, which runs the Comfort…
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$12.5 million in homeless housing contract extensions advance in Denver
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The Denver City Council’s homelessness committee on Wednesday advanced two contract extensions for the operation of two of Denver’s non-congregate shelters. The contracts’ next stop is the full council. The first contract extends an existing lease agreement with Quebec Hospitality LLC to provide shelter to homeless individuals at the 138-room Comfort Inn located at 4685…
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Denver spends tens of millions on lawsuit settlements, homeless sheltering
Last year, the city of Denver spent almost $20 million to settle and close lawsuits related to the conduct of its public safety departments. Housing more than 1,000 homeless people in the city required a further $45 million, according to a recent report from the Citizen Oversight Board (COB). The Board was created in 2004…
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Denver opens additional overnight shelters as temperatures drop, snow moves in
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver is activating additional overnight shelters for homeless people as Tuesday night’s temperatures drop and pending snow Wednesday, according to a city news release. Denver’s Department of Housing Stability opened Rude Recreation Center, located at 2855 W. Holden Pl., to expand the city’s overnight shelter…