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THE PODIUM | ‘Caring 4 Denver’ gives the homeless a new lease on life
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John Parvensky ?Earlier this month, Denver voters overwhelmingly approved a monumental commitment to mental health by passing the Caring 4 Denver sales tax. Denver is making good on a promise our country made over half a century ago – to provide mental health, substance use and suicide-prevention programs that are based in the community and…
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HUD’s Ben Carson drops in on Colorado’s homeless coalition
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We took note the other day of U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson’s two-day stopover in Denver this week to address a meeting of mortgage bankers and, per the protocols of his job, to tour publicly assisted housing in the area. Included was a visit to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless,…
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Lakewood site turns out to be suitable for homeless housing after all, feds say
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A homeless advocacy coalition took it to the federal government and won. But, it may be more of a lesson in government accountability than David versus Goliath. The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless won a court battle late last month after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) finally declared a 59-acre Lakewood…
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Facing a court order, feds will reconsider whether Lakewood land can serve the homeless
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Whatever the best use might be for some surplus land the government is hoping to auction off at the Federal Center in Lakewood, you’ve got to give due credit to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless for its dogged pursuit of the 59-acre parcel. And it looks like the nonprofit might prevail in its quest.…
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Coalition challenges feds on land use: Hey, how about housing the homeless?
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It isn’t exactly politics per se, but the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless‘s ongoing joust with the federal government – over a parcel of surplus land in the Federal Center in Lakewood – raises questions about responsive government. Or, the lack thereof. The news this week is that the U.S. General Services Administration is going…
