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Denver committee backs Housing Central Command contracts after briefing on rehousing plan
Summary
HOST briefed the Community Planning and Housing Committee on Housing Central Command's 2026 operations and asked the committee to send three contracts (navigation, stabilization, and unit acquisition/rent payer) to the full council. Committee members pressed staff on coordinated entry eligibility, HMIS's role and neighborhood coordination.
Evie Bencher, Assistant Director of Homelessness Resolution at HOST, told the committee the goal of Housing Central Command (HCC) is to "maximize the resources that we have, connect folks to housing as quickly as possible to reduce their total amount of time they're spending homeless," and laid out HCC's 2026 contract requests and operational model.
HOST asked the Community Planning and Housing Committee to approve three contracts related to HCC: a navigation contract (25-2152) with a community provider doing business as Community Economic Defense Project, a stabilization contract with the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (2026 amount $2,231,731) and a…
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