An audit of Denver’s shelter system and how much the city is actually spending on housing the homeless is in full swing, according to the Denver Auditor’s Office, which hopes to have things wrapped up by late July or early August.
The Denver City Council on Monday will consider accepting a $2 million state grant to provide homeless people with essential services that include transitioning from temporary shelters into permanent housing.
Denver considers $2M state grant to assist housing homeless Read More »
The impact of migrants and the homeless on communities in Colorado will be discussed Thursday, March 28, with Foothill Republicans.
Denver’s regional affairs director, former Fox31 reporter to discuss migrants, homeless Read More »
The Boulder Shelter for the Homeless, the city’s largest shelter in North Boulder, reached full capacity during Thursday night’s snowstorm. As a result, four people were turned away due to lack of capacity, a shelter official told Boulder Reporting Lab.
Boulder’s largest homeless shelter hit maximum capacity during winter storm Read More »
I was recently introduced to a Twitter account called “Do Better Denver,” after reading about it in a Westword article.
What does ‘Do Better Denver’ say about all of us, and the media? Read More »
Jeremy Krause has a simple code for making it on the streets of Colorado Springs: “Stay dry and avoid the cops.”
DENVER — The City of Denver opened the Denver Coliseum as a 24/7 severe weather shelter Friday afternoon, allowing those experiencing homelessness to escape the cold and snow for an extended period of time.
Denver Coliseum to act as 24/7 severe weather shelter through Feb. 16 Read More »
On a broad commercial drag in rural Fort Morgan, Colo., there’s an aging roadside motel with a yellowed sign out front advertising vacancies at daily and weekly rates. But it’s no longer a functioning motel in the traditional sense, so much as a pay-as-you-go refuge for locals who have nowhere else to call home.
Homeless kids on rural Eastern Plains have few resources, no shelters Read More »
A parade of three doctors, activists, non-profit personnel, pastors and previously homeless residents approached Pueblo’s City Council for the better part of two hours Monday seeking their opposition to a ban on unauthorized camping on public property.
Camping ban in Pueblo aims to clean community, put homeless in shelters Read More »
With a 7-6 vote, the Denver City Council on Monday failed to override Mayor Mike Johnston’s veto of an ordinance that would have banned homeless encampment sweeps when temperatures dip below freezing.
