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Houston cut its homeless population by 63% in a decade. What can the new Denver mayor do in four years?

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is taking lessons from Texas city’s playbook

A man experiencing homelessness walks past tents where an orange trash bag is full of trash next to a parking lot at a homeless encampment at the intersections of East 8th Avenue and North Logan Street in Denver on Aug. 1, 2023. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
A man experiencing homelessness walks past tents where an orange trash bag is full of trash next to a parking lot at a homeless encampment at the intersections of East 8th Avenue and North Logan Street in Denver on Aug. 1, 2023. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Saja Hindi - Staff portraits in The Denver Post studio on October 5, 2022. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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Getting your player ready...
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s plans to end homelessness in Denver are underway as his administration takes pointers from a Texas city that has charged significant progress.
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