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Denver sweeps homeless encampment due to health concerns

Summary by 9NEWS Denver

It's the first time the administration will post an encampment closure without housing resolution in 6 months. Sweep in Denver: West 8th Avenue and Mariposa Street.

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Denver Post

Denver shutting down homeless encampment without shelter to offer for the first time in months

City crews on Tuesday morning began shutting down a homeless encampment in Denver’s western Lincoln Park neighborhood due to public safety concerns including three overdose deaths and more than two dozen felony arrests there over the last few months, according to city officials. Cleanup work at the encampment centered on the intersection of West Eighth Avenue and Navajo Street is expected to continue through at least Wednesday. It’s the first ti…

1 month ago·Denver, United States

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9NEWS Denver

Denver sweeps homeless encampment due to health concerns

It's the first time the administration will post an encampment closure without housing resolution in 6 months. Sweep in Denver: West 8th Avenue and Mariposa Street.

1 month ago·Denver, United States

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KDVR

Caught in a cycle, people seek a new home after latest Denver encampment sweep

DENVER (KDVR) — The city of Denver has reasons why it did not offer housing to people living at an encampment at 8th Avenue and Navajo Street, which was swept up on Tuesday. Housing is not offered in cases of public health, public safety, right of way or private property infringement, according to the city. "It's hard. It's very hard, and they suspect for us to basically move around like a circle," Alabama Jackson said. Rattlesnake season i…

1 month ago·Denver, United States

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