Boulder is struggling to maintain “safe public spaces” for residents while managing an explosion of homeless encampments since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. KGNU’s Roz […]
Homelessness
Boulder City Council Set To Reconsider Weather Shelter Expansion
As part of its “Homelessness Strategy Update,” Boulder City Council will consider a proposal from one of its members this week to keep the city’s Severe […]
Spike in Number of Homeless People Who Died in Boulder in 2019
Saturday marked this year’s Winter Solstice and also served as a “Day of Remembrance” for those who died in Boulder during 2019 while homeless, or after […]
Homeless in Boulder: The Homeless Community
“It’s a lot of work. It’s exhausting. And it’s humiliating, it’s embarrassing, it’s degrading. You’re never welcome anywhere, and you’re always breaking the law.”-Lori Hopkins, supportive […]
Homeless in Boulder: City Programs
“We do have a number of permanent supportive housing available for the homeless that work quite well . . . They really just need to be […]
Homeless in Boulder: OSMP Rangers
“It’s not just one population or the other that aren’t allowed to camp in open space; nobody can camp in open space.” -Geoff Jasper, Ranger Operations […]
Homeless in Boulder: Shelters
“The question for me is, do we take responsibility for everybody who comes to our community? . . . And that’s a fundamental question that all […]