Tag: Homelessness Crisis
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Triangle Bar announces closure, citing encampments that ‘surrounded and suffocated’ business
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Triangle Bar is closing effective immediately, citing “ever-expanding encampments which have surrounded and suffocated the businesses in our neighborhood.” The LGBTQ+ bar on Broadway near Stout Street near downtown Denver made the announcement Thursday. “And it is heartbreaking,” said Jarred McClain, manager at The…
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Denver city council approves up to $7 million for 200 homeless pallet shelters
Denver City Council Monday approved a $7 million contract to provide 200 homeless shelter pallets within the city. Pallets are expected to arrive in November, according to Denver’s senior homelessness advisor. The city stamped its contract with Pallet PBS Inc., which, according to the council resolution, will last until Aug. 31, 2024 with an option…
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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston declares emergency, vows to house 1,000 homeless people
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New mayor says 197 publicly-owned parcels have been identified as potential sites for tiny homes
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Denver mayor names Laura Brudzynski as head of housing stability office
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There’s a new chief housing officer in town. Her name is Laura Brudzynski and her work starts on Feb. 2. She will succeed Britta Fisher, who stepped down from the role in Denver’s Department of Housing Stability to lead the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. …
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Denver mayoral candidate Mike Johnston pledges to end homelessness in first term
In an ambitious promise, Denver mayoral candidate Mike Johnston pledged to end homelessness by the end of his first term. Accomplishing that goal, he said, is contingent on a coordinated attack on overlapping challenges that are fueling homelessness. Homelessness has spiraled out of control in Colorado in the last several years. Today, almost 7,000 people are…