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Resident in DHA building says drug use, alleged lack of services endangers tenants
Summary
A resident of a Denver Housing Authority building described alleged drug use in common areas, personal health impacts, and long eviction timelines; she urged council to address tenant safety and management accountability.
Mary Anne Thompson, who said she lives at Vita at Sloan’s Lake, 4057 West Colfax, told the Denver City Council on Aug. 11 that drug use in federally funded housing has put tenants in danger and that eviction processes are slow. “Housing is a human right,” Thompson said. “HUD rules say that no drugs are allowed in federally funded buildings and have caught our grounds for eviction.”
Thompson described an incident on May 20 when smoke from neighbors…
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