
Posts tagged with homelessness

The pilot program is set to last until Dec. 21

Denver Homeless Out Loud wants to take its fight for “Right to Survive” to the city’s 2019 ballot
Advocates for people experiencing homeless say the current ban prevents people from finding safe spaces to sleep and exposes them to police harassment.

Denver police arrest suspect in Broadway homicides of three people believed to be homeless
Maurice Butler was already in custody when he was arrested in connection with the murders. Whether or not the three victims were experiencing homelessness is still being determined as part of the investigation.
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What could replace the Salvation Army homeless shelter on Brighton?
One proposal is a much taller, more modern shelter.

Triple homicide in Denver prompts homeless advocates to remind everyone there’s still a need for more safe spaces, resources
Denver’s Office of the Medical Examiner on Monday said the three homicide victims found last week near South Broadway died of gunshot wounds.

Denver church can’t build temporary homeless village in parking lot. It doesn’t fit historic architecture, commission says.
The congregation supported the plan -- but the project is in a historic district.

Councilman complains of crime at new building as Denver moves to expand homeless housing program
The city of Denver is preparing a major expansion of a new housing program, but Kevin Flynn said it was having unintended — and unmeasured — consequences.

Denver police are citing more homeless people for trespass. Here’s where, and what it means.
Denver's police officers are rarely arresting homeless people under the city's "camping ban" — but the city is increasingly using other laws to move people along, according to a new report from the University of Denver.

Denver’s mobile laundry service for the homeless goes for double capacity with new truck
Laundry Truck 2.0 will officially launch at Bayaud's headquarters on May 17.

Should Denver end its homeless camping ban? It could be up to voters.
The new campaign is called the "The Denver Right to Survive Initiative." It also would declare violations of the ordinance to be civil rights violations.

Huge, solar-powered Lakewood homeless campus plan takes next step
Lakewood's mayor had hoped for something different, but a nonprofit is now pulling together a financial plan to take on the $120 million project.

The “Point-in-Time” survey of Denver’s homeless needs your help
They need about 150 more volunteers, mostly in Denver.

Denver tore down their tiny-home village. They built it again, this time with permission.
Beloved Community is Denver's first modern, legal housing community built by and for people experiencing homelessness, and it's changing the conversation.

Christmas in this shelter for Denver’s young homeless provokes mixed feelings
Shelter staff and volunteers at Urban Peak try to recreate those familiar holiday sensations, but joy isn't always straightforward here.


After years of criticism, Denver mayor sidelines leader of homeless initiative
Bennie Milliner had relatively little experience in social services when he took the Road Home job — and he was dropped straight into a heated conversation.

For a meal at Denver’s SAME Café, diners can trade time, money or produce
"Where in the world do you ever see a millionaire and a person experiencing homelessness chatting and doing the same task as equals?"

Denver program finds homeless people with jail time — and then houses them
They are subjects in an $8.7 million experiment -- the Denver Social Impact Bond Program - that may be the first of its scale in the United States.

OPINION: As a teenager, I lived on the 15, Colfax’s famous bus line, riding from Aurora to Civic Center
I often began my bus ride at I-225 where the Waffle House used to be because I could lock myself in the bathroom and sit under the hand dryer.

Denver expands homeless employment program to River North
The Denver Day Works program will pay 36 people to keep River North extra tidy and welcoming over the next three weeks.