Housekeys Action Network Denver (HAND) was created in spring 2022 to fight for rights and housing as directed by houseless people.
In March 2023 we released our report “Pipedreams and Picket Fences” which gathered direction from over 1000 houseless people about housing and research on the state of public housing. This is a foundation for our housing work.
Broadly, we work to end the criminalization of houselessness, ensure fair and humane treatment of people living in shelters, organize alongside houseless migrants for basic needs, fight for housing for all, and amplify the voice of houseless people in all this work.
Mission Statement
HAND fights as and with people who are, were, and may become houseless in the Denver community.
HAND exists to fight for housing for all, to fight for housing as determined by people without housing, and to fight for housing as a public resource for all – not a commodity for the rich.