Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s administration released the location of 11 sites across the city Thursday morning, describing nine of the sites as likely locations for so-called micro-communities designed to house people experiencing homelessness.
All told, the 11 properties, owned by public agencies or private partners willing to work with the city, could provide enough space to house 1,000 people living on the streets. Johnston set a goal on his second day in office of offering housing to 1,000 unhoused residents of the city by the end of the year.
The preliminary list released Thursday does not mean the administration’s work is near-finished, Johnston emphasized. There is still permitting and site work required at many of the 11 preliminary options and the administration is continuing to negotiate with other property owners privately to secure more options.
“We think all of these are promising sites that could work and they provide us a path to 1,000,” Johnston said Thursday. “But we will also continuously work on sourcing more sites so that we have a pipeline for those.”
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The preliminary locations are:
Address: 1498 N. Irving St.
Potential Use: Micro community
Owner: City and County of Denver
District: 3
Address: 5500 E. Yale Ave.
Potential Use: Micro community
Owner: Private
District: 4
Address: 1380 S. Birch St.
Potential Use: Micro community
Owner: Private
District: 6
Address: 2301 S. Sante Fe Drive
Potential Use: Micro community
Owner: Colorado Department of Transportation
District: 7
Address: 950 W. Alameda Ave.
Potential Use: Micro community
Owner: Colorado Department of Transportation
District: 7
Address: 12033 E. 38th Ave.
Potential Use: Hotel/Micro-Community
Owner: City and County of Denver
District: 8
Address: 4595 N. Quebec St.
Potential Use: Hotel
Owner: Denver Housing Authority
District: 8
Address: 3700 N. Galapago St.
Potential Use: Micro community
Owner: Colorado Department of Transportation
District: 9
Address: 1375 N. Elati St.
Potential Use: Micro community
Owner: City and County of Denver
District: 10
Address: 1199 N. Bannock St.
Potential Use: Micro community
Owner: Private
District: 10
Address: 5000 Tower Road
Potential Use: Micro community
Owner: Denver Health and Hospital Authority
District: 11
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