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Denver Mayor Johnston “re-evaluating” how cold it must be for city to open cold weather shelters

Homelessness advocates urge 32-degree threshhold and no sweeps

DENVER, CO - JANUARY 25 : Snow pelts tents at a homeless camp along Park Avenue West in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post
DENVER, CO – JANUARY 25 : Snow pelts tents at a homeless camp along Park Avenue West in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Bruce Finley of The Denver Post
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Denver’s trigger point for activating extreme weather shelters during winter lags behind other large cities with large populations of unhoused residents — 20 degrees Fahrenheit, up from a 10-degree threshold last year.
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