Tag: Homelessness
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Denver City Council 2023 budget priorities include community engagement, housing, reframing public safety
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver City Council left its annual budget retreat with the goal of focusing 2023’s funding on community engagement, increasing affordable housing, reframing public safety, workforce and business recovery, protecting the environment and increasing transportation in the city. These priorities will serve as a guide to…
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Governor’s office adds homelessness liaison
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The city of Colorado Springs’ first homelessness prevention specialist has been tapped to become the first to fill a similar position in the governor’s office. Andy Phelps will leave his job of nearly five years…
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Denver committee agrees to extend use of 140 hotel rooms for homeless population
Denver’s Finance and Governance Committee on Tuesday moved a resolution extending the city’s use of 140 rooms at a downtown hotel for the high-risk homeless population to the full council for approval, as well as a food service agreement. The city began providing food and shelter at the Aloft Hotel at the start of the…
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Denver houses nearly 600 people in 100 days
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver recently housed nearly 600 people during a 100-day housing initiative, but fell short of its goal of getting 400 households experiencing homelessness a place to live. The initiative began in February and aimed to house 400 households through housing vouchers. At the end of…
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Aurora City Council approves policy on storing personal items from abated camps
Aurora City Council unanimously approved a policy on the storage of personal property from abated urban camps on Monday night, bringing the new urban camping ban one step closer to being implemented. Personal documents and identification found while abating an unauthorized camp will be stored at the Aurora Day Resource Center for one year. The…
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Aurora staff: Homeless camping ban won’t be enforced until city adopts storage policy
While Aurora’s camping ban is now technically in effect, the city can’t enforce it until it adopts a policy for storing personal items, a provision outlined in an amendment to the original ordinance. City staffers are also looking at renovations to the Aurora Day Resource Center to provide additional shelter, which they identified as a…
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Homeless advocate Jesse Parris wants to be next mayor of Denver
When Jesse Parris speaks during public comment at Denver City Council meetings — which he attends every week — he introduces himself as the next mayor of Denver. Parris is eyeing the mayoral seat with his campaign “Justice 4 the Poor, People Over Profits!” He has worked in social justice and activism on homeless issues,…
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Anti-gang activist Terrance Roberts eyes Denver mayoral seat
Anti-gang activist Terrance Roberts wants to become the next mayor of Denver. And he’s offering city residents his “unconventional” candidacy as an alternative to “seasoned politicians,” who he accused of failing to confront and resolve Denver’s most pressing problems. Roberts, who is the subject of Julian Rubinstein’s book “The Holly: Five Bullets, One Gun and…
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Denver rehouses 146 households in just under two months
The Denver Department of Housing Stability rehoused 146 households between Feb. 1 and March 24. This came as part of the city’s ambitious goal of moving 400 households out of homelessness in 100 days, marking the halfway point of the effort. The city is still aiming to house an additional 254 households to meet that…
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Aurora camping ban will take effect by end of April
Aurora City Council passed on final reading the urban camping ban sponsored by Mayor Mike Coffman in a 6-5 vote, with Coffman breaking council’s tie vote. This means the ban will take effect by the end of April. The ban will prohibit all urban camping on private and public property within Aurora. It also requires…