homeless shelters
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Denver City Council to consider more funding for homeless services
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Denver is moving one step closer to its final 2026 spending plan on Monday, with Mayor Mike Johnston delivering his final proposed budget to the City Council. After it is delivered, the budget will be open for inspection from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, in the City Council Office, Room 451 of…
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Denver picks new service providers for hotel homeless shelters
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Three new service providers eyed to replace The Salvation Army as operators of the city’s largest non-congregate shelters will go before the Community Planning and Development Committee on Tuesday, seeking approval to commence service on Jan. 1, 2026. Urban Alchemy, Bayaud Works and St. Francis Center were selected through a competitive process and “represent a…
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Shelter services and transportation on Denver City Council agenda
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On Monday, the Denver City Council will consider multiple resolutions tied to the city’s homeless shelter operations. Of particular interest is Council Resolution 25-1383, which amends an agreement with U.S. Motels Denver North, Inc. by adding nine months and $2.5 million to provide non-congregate shelter units, as well as congregate shelter space when the city’s…
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Loss of one-time funding sources to impact Denver’s shelter budget
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Denver’s Department of Housing Stability presented its slimmed-down 2026 spending plan on Monday as city budget hearings continue. With a projected general fund request of $71.6 million – down 0.13% from this year – HOST Executive Director Jamie Rife detailed the effects of the city’s loss of one-time federal funding, such as ARPA, for many…
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CoPo interview: Denver Mayor Michael Hancock previews his 3rd term
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Big-city mayors sometimes grow stale in their third term. Policies stall out. Controversies creep in. And before they know it, someone else is running for their job as their term limit approaches. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said Wednesday that he’s determined not to let that happen to him. “I’m a guy who, I promise you,…
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COVER STORY | Debate over Denver’s streets: As homelessness grips the city, voters ponder scrapping camping ban
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Take a walk along any street in downtown Denver, and chances are good that on any given day you’ll come face to face in vivid and sometimes tragic detail with the extent of the city’s grinding and intractable homelessness problem. A man sprawls unconscious on a sidewalk outside the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Another man…
