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Residents and advocates tell City Council hundreds of families remain unhoused and on wait lists
Summary
Multiple residents and advocates told the Denver City Council during public comment that more than 400 families remain on shelter wait lists, that contracted hotel rooms sit empty, and that the city should treat family homelessness as a crisis.
Dozens of residents and housing advocates used the City Council’s public comment period to press Denver officials to move more quickly to shelter families and expand long-term supports for people experiencing homelessness.
“ We have over 400 people on the wait list,” said William Balsburn, who spoke for unhoused families and described monthslong waits for disability services and employment assistance. Bea Reeves of House Keys Action Network Denver said families with infants have been told repeatedly that there…
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