After sheltering people experiencing homelessness in hotels at the height of the pandemic, Denver wants to build on the idea to provide more permanent housing options.
A hotel used by the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless to shelter people at high risk for COVID on Sept. 2, 2021 in Denver. Photo: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Imagesin hotels at the height of the pandemic, Denver wants to build on the idea to provide more permanent housing options.The city will use $20 million from $154 million in American Rescue Plan Act money approved by the Denver City Council last week to buy hotels for housing and sheltering purposes.
Denver's chief housing officer Britta Fisher tells Axios other properties like apartment buildings could be considered for the same use.: Using what it learned from rooms made available for unhoused people who were vulnerable to COVID-19, the city intends to provide a similar resource for a greater number of people in need.
Overall, 4,794 people have stayed in protective action rooms and rooms made available to those recovering from COVID-19, HOST spokesperson Derek Woodbury tells Axios.A $5 million contract with the
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