Loveland City Council Votes To Reset Homelessness Policy

By Dillon Thomas | CBS Colorado

The city of Loveland is moving forward with two major changes to the way it is tackling homelessness in Northern Colorado. In a Loveland City Council meeting that lasted until nearly 2 a.m. Wednesday, the council finalized two votes to start making changes.

“We have been a failure at (addressing homelessness). We need to do something different,” said council member Kalina Middleton of ward three.

The overall sentiment of everyone in attendance for the meeting was that Loveland needs to change the way it addresses topics involving the unhoused. No matter which side of the debate people fell on, everyone seemed to agree the current situation was not sustainable.

“As Loveland continues to grow, the unhoused population for better or worse tends to grow,” city attorney Vincent Junglas said.

In a 6-3 vote, the city council elected to get rid of it current law that requires it to provide shelter to the homeless before issuing a citation, and also requires the city to store personal belongings for the homeless.

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