Punitive Ordinances in El Paso County Are Driving Up Homelessness While Shelter Beds Decline
Homelessness is growing rapidly across one county in southern Colorado despite its efforts to criminalize the issue.
According to El Paso County’s latest Point-in-Time Count, there were more than 1,700 people experiencing homelessness last year. That figure is the most ever counted in the county, the data shows.
Experts from the Pikes Peak Continuum of Care cautioned that the Point in Time Count results are “likely an undercount” given the limitations of the survey…