One of Denver's largest homeless service providers, Colorado Village Collaborative, is upgrading three housing sites over the next few weeks in partnership with the City of Denver. Founded in 2017, CVC has provided living spaces for about 1,000 homeless people in Denver through its Tiny Home Villages and Safe Outdoor...
One of Denver's largest homeless service providers, Colorado Village Collaborative, is upgrading three housing sites over the next few weeks in partnership with the City of Denver. Founded in 2017, CVC has provided living spaces for about 1,000 homeless people in Denver through its Tiny Home Villages and Safe Outdoor...We're in the midst of our summer membership campaign, and we have until August 25 to raise $14,500.
Tiny Home Villages are micro-communities of about a dozen shed-like units for people transitioning from homelessness to stable housing, while SOS sites are larger, fenced-in gatherings of tents with services that help residents find stable housing. The nonprofit is now expanding two Tiny Home Villages, both in Elyria-Swansea, by adding five units to each. The bigger project, however, is replacing the tents at an SOS site with shed-like pallet shelters and installing plumbing in those new units.
"The SOS models were a strategic pivot during the pandemic to ensure people experiencing homelessness were provided with safe and healthy shelter experiences," says Elizabeth Szewczyk, director of development and communications for CVC."By shifting these models to micro-communities, we will be able to provide a more dignified shelter experience, around-the-clock support, and increased stability for both community members and staff.
Bennito L. Kelty will be following up on the project. In the meantime, what do you think of this Tiny Home move? What do you think of Denver's response to homelessness in general? Post a comment or share your thoughts athas been defined as the free, independent voice of Denver — and we'd like to keep it that way. Our members allow us to continue offering readers access to our incisive coverage of local news, food, and culture with no paywalls.
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