Comment on Denver’s sweeps may be shortening the lives of unhoused people. The city’s two mayoral candidates have taken notice.

Denver’s sweeps may be shortening the lives of unhoused people. The city’s two mayoral candidates have taken notice.

Regularly clearing out homeless encampments in Denver and other major American cities could lead to a nearly 25% increase in deaths among unhoused people who use injection drugs over a 10-year period, a new study released this week found. Encampment sweeps — or cleanups as city officials prefer to call them — have been the source of protests, lawsuits and legal settlements in Denver in recent years.

 

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