A pair of migrant families with children living in a homeless encampment in Denver are trying to raise money to buy two trailers with working bathrooms and kitchens, according to Housekeys Action Network Denver, or HAND.
The trailers cost a combined $3,100, according to HAND. The trailers would be kept at a mobile home park where lot rent is $55 daily, $425 weekly, or $1,125 monthly, HAND reported in a news release. “If the City were to apply the rental assistance to these lot spaces, this would cost them far less than the average housing unit which is around $1,800 per month, and (if they wanted) they could cover two months in light of the absence of a security deposit.”
According to HAND, several Venezuelan immigrants have moved to the mobile home park. Advocates prefer to leave locations of places where migrants stay anonymous so as not to encourage hate crimes.
“The mayor’s Administration loves to claim that there are no more children actively camping in the streets of Denver, and yet this photo taken on Friday June 21st suggests otherwise,” HAND reports in the release. “Additionally, one of the moms of the families is a lesbian woman – a particularly poignant detail to reflect on as Denver celebrates Pride month.”