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Denver isn’t tracking how much it spends responding to homeless encampments, city auditor finds

Improving financial practices just part of auditor’s recommendations around city’s homelessness response

A barricade put in place by city workers blocks in residents at an encampment of unhoused people near 20th and Glenarm after he and fellow residents were unsuccessfully ousted on Thursday, April 13, 2023. The encampment was the subject of a cleanup by the City of Denver, but a failure on their part to properly notify the residents ahead of time resulted in a partially completed effort. Residents of the site said that workers wreaked havoc on their homes resulting in piles of their belongings being strewn across the sidewalk before the work was abandoned. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
A barricade put in place by city workers blocks in residents at an encampment of unhoused people near 20th and Glenarm after he and fellow residents were unsuccessfully ousted on Thursday, April 13, 2023. The encampment was the subject of a cleanup by the City of Denver, but a failure on their part to properly notify the residents ahead of time resulted in a partially completed effort. Residents of the site said that workers wreaked havoc on their homes resulting in piles of their belongings being strewn across the sidewalk before the work was abandoned. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
Joe Rubino - Staff portraits in The Denver Post studio on October 6, 2022. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | jrubino@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Denver Auditor Tim O'Brien emphasized that his office's estimate on city spending is likely well below the actual level because it doesn’t include figures from the Denver Police Department and most agencies did not provide a full 3½ years of expenses.
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