Stay updated with breaking news from Clean Denver. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
The construction of a micro-community in Denver’s Overland neighborhood is on hold after the City of Denver's Board of Adjustment for Zoning granted a neighborhood group's appeal.
Denver is nearing the finish line of Mayor Mike Johnston's five-month sprint to move 1,000 homeless people off the streets, and he and his team appear poised to pull it off.
Johnston, who swore his oath as Denver mayor in July, immediately took aim at the city's homelessness crisis. He declared a state of emergency, launched an operations center to coordinate responses, hired a homelessness advisor, and spent millions of dollars to buy "tiny homes" — his foremost transition strategy — under the umbrella of a "housing first" approach to the challenge.
If the City Council approves, Mayor Mike Johnston’s budget will allocate hundreds of millions more dollars than other cities around the state. Advocates are supportive of Johnston’s “housing first” approach.
Mayor Mike Johnston's race to reverse the trend of homelessness in Denver, and provide housing for 1,000 people living on the city's streets before the end of the year, has created confusion about his administration's policy around ordering cleanups -- or sweeps -- of homeless encampments.