Letter to Mayor from Houseless Families regarding Crisis of No Shelter

After HAND united numerous houseless families that then met with various representatives with the City of Denver – including City Council, the Department of Housing Stability, and the Denver shelter program – they found themselves still without solutions, without support, and instead, locked into a seemingly endless cycle of calls to a hotline that never picks up and occasional meetings with outreach workers that tell them nothing is available or they don’t qualify (despite living on the streets with children), and to keep calling.

Now, the families are demanding a meeting with the Mayor himself to address this Crisis and be part of the solution, so that Denver’s children always have somewhere safe to go. 

Please read the attached letter sent to the Mayor, his staff, and City shelter/houseless program leadership and urge the Mayor to respond promptly. We MUST have a bottom moral line somewhere… NO CHILDREN IN THE STREETS!!!