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Denver committee advances eviction legal-aid contracts as filings climb
Summary
The Community Planning and Housing Committee advanced three HOST eviction-legal-assistance contracts and heard staff report rising eviction filings, concentration among repeat filers, and limits set by Colorado law on mandatory mediation.
Denver’s Community Planning and Housing Committee advanced contracts this week intended to expand eviction legal assistance as city officials described rising post-pandemic eviction filings and targeted strategies to help repeat filers.
Melissa Tati, director of Stability and Prevention at the Department of Housing Stability (HOST), told the committee the program serves Denver households at or below 80% of area median income and provides both limited help (information and form assistance) and full court representation. “It is for households, who have an income at or below 80% of the area median income and those who are Denver residents,” Tati said.
Tati said HOST served more than 3,300 households with eviction legal assistance in 2024 and that through September 2025 the…
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