“The big uptick in activity and service is a result of the Venezuelan, Colombian newcomers. Our pantry has been exploding.”

The vote on a proposal to end sweeps when the weather is below freezing is set for January 16.

“This is a ‘resolution’ of an encampment, or sometimes we call it a closure. Before, the sweep was a move to nowhere. This is a resolution to move folks into housing.”

Solving Denver’s homelessness problem could take a village. The Colorado Village Collaborative, to be precise.

The city is racing to meet Mayor Mike Johnston’s House1000 goal of getting 1,000 individuals off the streets by December 31.

The city plans to once again rely on micro-communities, homeless sweeps and money to replicate Mayor Johnston’s House1000 plan in 2024.

Mayor Johnston nixed more than half of the micro-communities slated to open this year for his House1000 plan and pushed the rest to late December and 2024.

Denver City Council members feel left in the dark as Mayor Mike Johnston races to the finish line of his House1000 plan.

Neighborhoods where the city is putting micro-communities for homeless residents have seen a huge spike in civic engagement over the past few months.

The City of Denver got nearly 150 people off the streets and into housing after clearing out a homeless encampment in the Ballpark District.

They worked together on the Superfund cleanup decades ago, but worry about housing the homeless on the same site.

Denver opened its first emergency migrant shelter last December after buses began showing up from Texas. Not much has changed, except the city’s readiness.

The nonprofit is taking on the duty of running a Denver micro-community at crunch time, with less than four weeks left in Mayor Johnston’s House1000 plan.

Homeless residents in Denver’s Ballpark District are expecting to be swept again this month after city outreach workers came by last week to offer housing.

Venezuelan migrants camping near Speer Boulevard and Zuni Street have formed a community, bonding over food and where they send their kids to school.

Denver has been looking to longtime city liaison Steve Charbonneau to negotiate agreements between residents and homeless micro-community providers.

The HOP mobile clinic will provide health-care services as part of Mayor Mike Johnston’s House1000 program.

Mayor Mike Johnston has been asking city department officials to send him their best and brightest for one last “Hail Mary” at his House1000 initiative.