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Why Mayor Mike Johnston swept a downtown Denver homeless camp — but not others

Officials say rodent infestation made work necessary; city had no housing to offer residents

Residents do their best to remove their tents and belongings as city crews arrive along with police and fire personnel to begin the process of clearing the homeless encampment and installing fencing along the 2200 block of Stout Street in Denver on Aug. 4, 2023. (Photo By Kathryn Scott/Special to The Denver Post)
Residents do their best to remove their tents and belongings as city crews arrive along with police and fire personnel to begin the process of clearing the homeless encampment and installing fencing along the 2200 block of Stout Street in Denver on Aug. 4, 2023. (Photo By Kathryn Scott/Special to 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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The dozens of people living in tents and makeshift shelters along the 2200 block of Stout Street are being moved along without being offered housing options beyond the city's existing homeless shelter system.
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