Colorado turns to ice-fishing tents to house homeless
Published: February 27, 2022
“I’d rather freeze than spend the night in a shelter,” Peters said, noting the threat of theft or assault in traditional shelter facilities.
Source: kxxv.com
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United StatesLas CrucesNew MexicoCole ChandlerNan RomanGary PetersNational Alliance To End HomelessnessColorado Village CollaborativeNational AllianceEnd HomelessnessAp NewsColorado NewsColorado Turns To Ice Fishing Tents House HomelessGary Peters Spent Seven Years Camping Outsidea Denver Golf Course To Avoid Sleeping Ina Public Shelter Until Last Summer When He Moved Intoa New Homeless Community Where Hes Been Given His Own Ice Fishing Tent Featuring Electrical OutletsA Cot Anda Zero Degree Rated Sleeping Bag The 75 Year Old Is Among Benefactors Of Denvers Nearly 4 Million Investment Aimed At Providing Homeless People With Safe Outdoor Spaces As An Alternative To Public SheltersHich Many Have Chosen To Avoid Due Safety Concerns Or Restrictive Rules Including Curfews And Bans On Pets The Need For Alternatives Shelters Increased During Pandemic As More People Moved Outdoors Over Risk Of Covid 19 Transmission In Such Indoor Facilities Id Rather Freeze Than Spend Night Ina ShelterPeters SaidOting The Threat Of Theft Or Assault In Traditional Shelter Facilities Cities Across United States Have Been Struggling To Deal Witha Surge Homelessness That Has Part Blamed Ona Nationwide Housing Shortage Situation Colorado Where Home Prices Already Were At Record Highs Was Made Worse December When Hundreds Homes Just Northwest Denver Destroyed By FireEnding Victims In Search Of Temporary Housing Some Cities Such As Seattle And PortlandAve Experimented With Constructing Tiny HomesOme Just Big Enough To Sleep Inside And Others With Kitchens Indoor PlumbingUt Such Tiny Homes Can Cost Nearly 25000 Per Unit To BuildHereas Denvers Ice Fishing Tents Run By The Colorado Village Collaborative Come Ata Price Of Less Than 400 Each Last YearHe Denver Program Served Nearly 240 People Across Three Locations And This Year The Collaborative Estimates It Will Help About 370 Witha Fourth Location Fenced Off Key Code Entrance