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Colorado’s housing market is so strained it’s endangering domestic violence victims, advocates say

Advocates warn it’s not sustainable to connect state’s most disenfranchised with housing in a market so hostile

Jonita Davis sits in the new apartment she shares with her two children on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. The family had been living in motel while waiting for placement in an apartment. High rental costs around the Denver area are complicating the move to permanent housing for many people in transitional housing. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Jonita Davis sits in the new apartment she shares with her two children on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. The family had been living in a motel while waiting for placement in an apartment. High rental costs around the Denver area are complicating the move to permanent housing for many people in transitional housing. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Elizabeth Hernandez in Denver on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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The need for affordable housing is so great in Colorado, and there's such a scarcity of options, that domestic violence survivors, single parents and other people caught in between permanent places to live are enduring years-long waitlists for subsidized housing.
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