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Johnston administration ready to break ground on Denver’s first homelessness micro-community

CDOT-owned property in Overland neighborhood will have tiny homes for 120 people

A view of the CDOT-owned property near South Santa Fe Drive And Evans Avenue on Sept. 1, 2023. Mayor Mike Johnston announced on Oct. 9 that the site has been selected to host the first of his planned micro-communities to provide an alternative to unsheltered homelessness in the city. By the end of the year, the property is expected to host enough tiny homes to provide shelter for up to 120 unhoused people.
A view of the CDOT-owned property near South Santa Fe Drive And Evans Avenue on Sept. 1, 2023. Mayor Mike Johnston announced on Oct. 9 that the site has been selected to host the first of his planned micro-communities to provide an alternative to unsheltered homelessness in the city. By the end of the year, the property is expected to host enough tiny homes to provide shelter for up to 120 unhoused people.
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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Work will begin in the coming days to transform a dusty triangle of land wedged against a highway in Denver's Overland neighborhood into a tiny home village than can accommodate up to 120 people.
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