Russell Haythorn is a Denver7 Reporter.
DENVER — The City of Denver will open its newest and largest micro-community on Tuesday, with the capacity to house nearly 60 individuals who are facing homelessness.The site, which sits just off Santa Fe Boulevard and Evans Avenue, is called La Paz, and is completely fenced off and enclosed.Denver mayor announces opening of new tiny home village, neighbors still object “The zoning meeting was a fiasco,” said neighbor Douglas Danger. “The way they handled it was terrible.
The 60 tiny homes were built in Colorado, all part of the mayor’s House1000 initiative now called All In Mile High. The village is low barrier, which means there are no requirements — including drug tests — needed to move in. This is consistent with Johnston’s housing first initiative. The Colorado Village Collaborative will operate the site, which features multiple security cameras and 24-hour staffing.
“This is what you’re going to dump in my neighborhood?” Danger said. “I’m a sprinkler guy now by trade, and I’m not afraid of nothing. I go into crawl spaces full of spiders and snakes. I went to that site, and I’ve never been more fearful in my life of anything. I openly saw three people shooting up. I watched a guy defecate right in the middle of the road.”
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