Homelessness

City Sweeps 138 people at La Alma Encampment

City Sweeps 138 people at La Alma Encampment

Homeless Advocates Raise Red Flag on Mayor's Housing Plan

Homeless Advocates Raise Red Flag on Mayor's Housing Plan

Denver to Sweep La Alma Homeless Encampment as Mayor Waits for More Housing

By Bennito L. Kelty
Apr 11, 2024

The city has no housing for the 140 people at the encampment, but residents are worried about their neighborhood's safety.
Denver Auditor Reviewing City Homeless Shelters, Costs and Accounting

By Chris Perez
Apr 9, 2024

"One of the biggest questions is, how much are we spending on it?"
Denver Homeless Nonprofit Quietly Opens New Micro-Community, Replaces CEO

By Bennito L. Kelty
Apr 5, 2024

Denver's largest nonprofit for transgender and nonbinary homeless individuals parted ways with its CEO before opening the city's newest micro-community.
Urban Peak Accused of Wage Theft During Construction of New Homeless Shelter

By Chris Perez
Mar 29, 2024

The Denver Auditor's Office has accused Urban Peak of paying workers the wrong prevailing wages for the construction of its new 66,000-square-foot "Mothership" shelter.
City Sweeping Migrant Encampment Outside of Elitch Gardens

By Bennito L. Kelty
Mar 27, 2024

Elitch Gardens asked the city to remove an encampment of about fifty migrants outside park gates before if opens in April.
Purple Door Cafe — Round Two — Is Now Open in Uptown

By Danielle Krolewicz
Mar 21, 2024

The nonprofit, which closed its Five Points cafe in 2019, provides support and training for young adults experiencing homelessness.
New Micro-Community Opens in Denver, at Least One More on the Way

By Bennito L. Kelty
Mar 11, 2024

It's a far cry from the ten sites Mayor Johnston promised in August as the city utilizes hotel partnerships to house homeless individuals.
House More Homeless, Serve Fewer Migrants Among Mayor Johnston's 2024 Goals

By Bennito L. Kelty
Feb 26, 2024

Mayor Mike Johnston plans to house more homeless residents and serve fewer migrants in 2024 to cut back on spending.
DoBetterDNVR: This Social Media Account Shines an Uncomfortable Light on the City

By Chris Perez
Feb 15, 2024

The @DoBetterDNVR pages on Instagram and X have gone viral over the past year, going from 3,000 followers to over 40,000 in less than eight months.
Saturday Rally Planned to Protest Mayor Mike Johnston's Veto of "No Freezing Sweeps" Bill

By Bennito L. Kelty
Feb 2, 2024

"Though well-intentioned, this legislation would restrict the city’s ability to do this life-saving work for approximately four months of the year."
Denver Prepares to Discharge 350 Migrants a Week From Shelters — Without Sending Them to the Streets

By Bennito L. Kelty
Jan 31, 2024

"Once you start camping, you're focusing on your day-to-day survival. What we want is for you to be focused on long-term strategies."
"No Freezing Sweep" Law Barely Makes It Through City Council on 7-6 Vote

By Bennito L. Kelty
Jan 29, 2024

"We need this because we're still going to get cold snaps, we're still going to get snow, and we still obviously don't have enough room to house people."
Metro Denver Counties Undertake Point in Time Count to Tally Homeless Population

By Bennito L. Kelty
Jan 23, 2024

"There's going to be someone tonight that we're just not going to have eyes on and we're not going to be able to survey."
Push for "No Freezing Sweeps" Heats Up After 15-Day Cold-Weather Emergency

By Bennito L. Kelty
Jan 23, 2024

Denver's cold-weather shelters closed on Saturday after fifteen frigid days; activists hope the city can do more for homeless residents next time.
"No Freezing Sweep" Vote Postponed as Push for Migrant Support Heats Up

By Bennito L. Kelty
Jan 18, 2024

Mayor Mike Johnston and members of the Colorado delegation are asking Congress to take action to help communities overwhelmed by the flood of migrants.
Denver Reaches a New High With 5,000 Migrants in Shelters

By Bennito L. Kelty
Jan 12, 2024

"If you want out of the cold this weekend, there will be a place for you."
Denver's Homeless, Migrants and City Council Bracing for Cold Nights Ahead

By Bennito L. Kelty
Jan 10, 2024

The vote on a proposal to end sweeps when the weather is below freezing is set for January 16.
Migrants Protest at Capitol and City Hall, Demanding Work and Stop to Encampment Sweep

By Evan Semon
Jan 2, 2024

On January 1, dozens of migrants marched to the Capitol; they'll be at the Denver City and County Building today.
Ten Sweeps in 2023 Could Get Mayor Mike Johnston to His House1000 Goal

By Bennito L. Kelty
Dec 29, 2023

"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."
People to Watch 2024: Dede de Percin, CEO of Colorado Village Collaborative

By Bennito L. Kelty
Dec 28, 2023

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

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