Tag: Homelessness In The United States
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Boulder City Council announced location for Homelessness Day Services Center
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Boulder’s Homelessness Day Services Center will be located at 1844 Folsom St., which is a vacant one-story, 6,000 square foot office building currently. Boulder City Council and staff announced the new location at the study session Thursday, according to a press release. The center will…
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Rhonda’s Place offers 49 new affordable housing units in Denver
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The latest city-supported affordable housing development, Rhonda’s Place, is already accepting new residents for its one-bedroom apartments and supportive, wrap-around services from Wellpower, according to a news release. Denver’s Department of Housing Stability (HOST) along with City Council President Jamie Torres held a grand opening…
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Retiring city manager cites affordable housing, homelessness as Aurora’s most pressing issues
As he prepares to retire, Aurora’s City Manager Jim Twombly names Aurora’s most pressing issues as housing and homelessness, public safety and infrastructure needs. They’re all challenges city staff have sought to begin tackling, he said in an interview with the Denver Gazette. Aurora sought to curb homelessness and a lack of affordable housing with…
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Colorado Coalition for the Homeless names new CEO
Britta Fisher will step down as Denver’s chief housing officer and become the CEO of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, according to a news release. Her last day with Mayor Michael Hancock’s administration is Feb. 1. Fisher joined the City and County of Denver in 2018 and was selected as the first executive director of…
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Houston or San Antonio? Aurora officials explore two approaches to homelessness
As the number of homeless in Aurora climbs, city leaders look to Texas for a potential roadmap to solve the dilemma at home. Members of the Aurora City Council recently returned from a trip to Houston, alongside other metro area leaders, and plan to head back to San Antonio as they explore two models for…
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Denver’s housing agency seeks budget hike to house 220 homeless individuals in hotels
Denver’s housing agency wants to quickly remove more than 220 homeless individuals from the streets by housing them in hotels, officials said during budget hearings this week. The department also wants to house 150 or more through another housing program. Officials from the Department of Housing Stability laid out their case for more funding on Tuesday, even…
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Effort to house 200 people in 100 days launches in Denver
The Denver Department of Housing Stability in partnership with Mayor Michael Hancock launched an initiative on Thursday with the goal of getting 200 homeless residents housed in 100 days. The initiative is a result of a housing surge that became possible after emergency housing vouchers were made available to the city through funds provided by…
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Three homeless camps were cleaned up throughout the week
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save During the same week that saw the opening of Denver’s first sanctioned homeless camp, city crews embarked on three cleanups at sites. City crews removed 661 needles and over 13 tons of trash from the three sites beginning on Tuesday, according to a news release.…
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Holiday lights will be on display to commemorate individuals experiencing homelessness
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s mid-November, and there won’t be any players running the bases at Sonny Lawson Park on Wednesday, but thousands of lights will be strung along the backstop of the baseball field to commemorate homelessness. Officials…