Homelessness in Denver By: Adrian Brown, Chair, INC Homelessness Working Group The people of Denver care about the City and we care about our neighbors. Inter Neighborhood Cooperation is the organization that bands our neighborhoods together to express that care. And because we are a caring community, INC neighborhoods do not stand by and let neighbors endure the downward spiral, … Continue reading →
BLANK CHECK BLANK CHECK By Keith Howard Here is the first sentence: INC neighborhoods do not stand by and let neighbors endure the downward spiral, the rigors, the disruption, the dislocation, and the danger of homelessness. I believe this sentence is intended as an affirmation of the shared responsibility of all citizens to recognize the need and humanity of those … Continue reading →
BLANK CHECK By Keith Howard The INC Delegates are being asked to endorse a “Statement” concerning homelessness in Denver. These three sentences grew out of a discussion of the undeniably serious, tragic and systemic problem of homelessness. Given such a wrenching picture, the impulse to DO SOMETHING is strong. I believe, however, that this emotional appeal may obscure the strategic … Continue reading →
Public Funding and Public Behavior By Jan Marie Belle Denver is proposing new sources of funding (such as “social impact bonds”) for “Housing First”, a new approach to resolving homelessness. The idea is that putting the chronically homeless in housing will resolve the problem of homelessness. Well, people who have a legal place to live are, by definition, not “homeless”. … Continue reading →
The INC ZAP (Zoning and Planning Committee) met on January 23, 2016 from 9:30 am to 11:30 am at 1201 Williams meeting room. City Council members Mary Beth Susman and Raphael Espinoza attended the meeting, along with Abe Barge, CPD Senior Planner.
The Committee discussed the following issues: short-term rentals, the City’s proposed stormwater detention changes affecting the Cole neighborhood, and the City’s plans to update Blueprint Denver.
Homelessness in Denver By: Adrian Brown, Chair, INC Homelessness Working Group The people of Denver care about the City and we care about our neighbors. Inter Neighborhood Cooperation is the organization that bands our neighborhoods together to express that care. And because we are a caring community, INC neighborhoods do not stand by and let neighbors endure the downward spiral, … Continue reading →
Denver’s proposed rules for regulating and taxing short-term rentals took two years to create. But even before the first official airing of the measure, resistance is building against limiting by-owner rentals to primary residences only.
Economists estimate that as many as 40 percent of short-term rentals offered on sites such as Airbnb, FlipKey and VRBO are marketed by people who own more than one property.
“We are already getting pushback on the primary-residence rule. It’s probably the most controversial,” said Denver City Councilwoman Mary Beth Susman, who chaired the city’s Sharing Economy Task Force.
