jamie rife
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Denver’s homelessness prevention efforts improved, but panelists agree plenty of work remains
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Despite Denver’s recent multi-year effort to ramp up services to prevent homelessness, Denver’s Office of Housing Stability officials got an earful of criticism – and suggestions for improvement – Friday from area homeless advocates and homeless people themselves. The housing stability office empaneled a group of subject matter experts for a discussion on the city’s burgeoning…
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Think tank’s economist publicly lambasts homeless study but privately has ‘no problems’ with method
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While the Colorado Fiscal Institute publicly lambasted a report on homelessness, the senior economist prominently cited in its criticism said he privately has no problems with the methodology in a text exchange with one of the study’s authors. “I dug deep into your research methodology and had no problems with it especially giving the range,” Colorado…
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Expert says camping bans make efforts to help homeless more difficult
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A leader in Denver’s efforts to reduce homelessness told city officials that urban camping bans make their job harder and more difficult to get people off the streets. Given Aurora recently passed its own urban camping ban and Denver has had one in place for years, District 3 Councilmember Jamie Torres asked Metro Denver Homeless…
