Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s plans to end homelessness in Denver are underway as his administration takes pointers from a Texas city that has charged significant progress.
options such as hotels, “micro-communities” and outdoor pallet shelters.
And it meant getting funders together to figure out what sources of private and public money were available. The groups also made sure they heard input directly from people who were homeless. The Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County has come out against “camping bans,” which Texas state lawmakers enacted in 2021. Spokesperson Catherine Villarreal previously said that bans only displace people living in tents and move them to other parts of the city, rather than helping solve homelessness.
Terri Harris, a formerly homeless woman who received a lease for a one-bedroom in a low-rise complex, with her daughter Blesit at their new home in Houston on May 12, 2022. Harris did not score high enough on a “vulnerability index” to be eligible for permanent housing, but she did qualify for what is called rapid rehousing, which gave her one year of rent to get back on her feet.
Denver has applied for state funding to create a navigation center, similar to Houston’s, that would offer a single place for people to obtain all manner of assistance.
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