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Denver opens recreation center as emergency overnight shelter
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Denver’s Department of Housing Stability announced Tuesday the Carla Madison Recreation Center, 2401 E. Colfax Ave., will be opened as a temporary overnight shelter for Denver residents experiencing homelessness. The recreation center will be closed between 7 p.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m. Wednesday. During daylight hours, all Denver recreation centers are open as “warming centers.”…
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Denver’s housing agency seeks budget hike to house 220 homeless individuals in hotels
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Denver’s housing agency wants to quickly remove more than 220 homeless individuals from the streets by housing them in hotels, officials said during budget hearings this week. The department also wants to house 150 or more through another housing program. Officials from the Department of Housing Stability laid out their case for more funding on Tuesday, even…
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Aurora staff: Homeless camping ban won’t be enforced until city adopts storage policy
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While Aurora’s camping ban is now technically in effect, the city can’t enforce it until it adopts a policy for storing personal items, a provision outlined in an amendment to the original ordinance. City staffers are also looking at renovations to the Aurora Day Resource Center to provide additional shelter, which they identified as a…
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Aurora camping ban will take effect by end of April
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Aurora City Council passed on final reading the urban camping ban sponsored by Mayor Mike Coffman in a 6-5 vote, with Coffman breaking council’s tie vote. This means the ban will take effect by the end of April. The ban will prohibit all urban camping on private and public property within Aurora. It also requires…
