Tag: evan caster
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Colorado Springs more effective than Denver in handling homelessness crisis
As the homelessness crisis dominates the debate among mayoral candidates in Denver, one study points to contrasting results between Colorado’s two largest cities, showing some modicum of success on one hand and exacerbation on the other. The study’s gist contends that Colorado Springs has been more effective than metro Denver in reducing the number of…
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Colorado Springs’ annual January count of unsheltered homeless is off this year
Agencies that assist the homeless in Colorado Springs will not be conducting the annual head count this month of people living outside in tents and camps, under bridges, in vehicles and in abandoned buildings, officials said Wednesday. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has led the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide exceptions to…