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Hancock vs The Homeless On 16th Street Mall

Posted 12.24.2011

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According to a survey conducted this January, the Denver metro area's homeless population numbers are just north of 11,300. Of those, approximately 4...

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Chris Conner: Serving Homeless Youth At Denver's Urban Peak

Posted 05.25.2011

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As the recent high-profile case of a former Miss Colorado USA indicates, the problem of homelessness in Denver afflicts all age groups. As the recess...

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For Denver's Road Home Director, Fighting Homelessness Is A Labor Of Love

Posted 05.25.2011

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In 2003, when then-Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper announced the creation of a planning committee to chart a course aimed at ending homeless in the cit...

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The "Home" in Home for the Holidays

Judy Montero | Posted 05.25.2011

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Judy Montero

In all the talk about budgets and dollars and cents and how much to spend on homelessness, it's important to remember the human beings we are making decisions about.

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Denver Officials Move Out Homeless For Convention, Offering Movie Passes And Intimidation

Mary Ann West | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mary Ann West

The plan seems to have focused entirely on simply moving the homeless out of the downtown area, either by harassing them or by paying them to go to movies, museums and the zoo.

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