homelessness
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Report: Denver homelessness grew despite $155 million spending
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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston called his administration’s response to homelessness a resounding success after the data from the latest point in time count was released Wednesday. But after spending nearly $155 million — $65 million more than anticipated — the overall number of homeless people in the city actually grew from 5,818 in 2023 to 6,539…
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Denver councilmembers criticize mayor for not providing financial briefing on homelessness response
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Amid a technology outage that forced the Denver City Council to go “old school,” Mayor Mike Johnston came under fire for not briefing councilmembers on the “All in Mile High” homelessness resolution effort. Specifically, councilmembers Amanda Sawyer and Shontel Lewis on Mondayu called out a trio of contracts supporting on-call contracts with security agencies for…
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Aurora council delays vote on tougher camping ban penalties, homeless court
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Aurora councilmembers on Monday delayed a vote on the proposed “tough love” approach to homelessness, which would bring tougher penalties for violations of the camping ban along the I-225 corridor and create a new court for low-level offenses by homeless people. Councilmembers at Monday night’s regular City Council meeting said they delayed the vote because…
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Aurora lawmakers provisionally approve new ‘tough love’ homeless approach
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Aurora’s proposed “tough love” approach to homelessness, which would bring harsher penalties for violations of the camping ban along the I-225 corridor and create a new court for low-level offenses by homeless people, moved forward with unanimous council support during Monday night’s study session. The approach includes two new proposals from Mayor Mike Coffman, Councilmember…