Northeast Denver homeless shelter plans have neighbors feeling ‘fatigue’

DENVER — Neighbors in Northeast Denver feel like they’re bearing the brunt of the city’s homelessness response.

This comes as Denver plans to convert a former halfway house, which was purchased by the city last year, into a 20-family shelter.

That site, at 4280 Columbine St., is just one mile from another proposed homeless shelter, still in the planning phase. The proposed cold weather shelter would replace the now-closed Monroe Village tiny home community, which closed in July. A community meeting to discuss the cold weather shelter is set for Oct. 8…

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