Mobile home parks provide affordable housing for millions of low-income residents – including seniors on fixed incomes – to own homes while renting the land underneath. But in an exploding housing market, that land is increasingly in demand for other projects, or park owners propose major rent hikes or changes in leases.
People experiencing homelessness in Denver can now access medical and behavioral care at a new health center set up inside a shelter operated by Denver Rescue Mission just northeast of Colorado Boulevard and I-70. Austin Waskey, a physician assistant at the 48th Avenue East Health Center, said the clinic removes a significant barrier to care, and was inspired by creative solutions improvised during the COVID-19 health emergency. "We actually, during the pandemic, had a lot of success with a temporary clinic inside of a temporary shelter," Waskey recounted. " .