Homeless Solutions for Boulder County backtracks on six-month residency requirement

Homeless Solutions for Boulder County intends to revoke its policy requiring that people live in the county for six months in order to obtain shelter services and other aid for those experiencing homelessness.

Although officials said the decision was made in a June executive board meeting, it was shared with the Camera Thursday, hours after the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado penned a letter to Boulder officials arguing the city’s treatment of its unhoused residents is inhumane and unconstitutional.

The six-month residency requirement, implemented in January 2020, was not repealed due to the legal concerns raised in the ACLU’s letter, Housing and Human Services Director Kurt Firnhaber said.

“This decision was based on what we think is best for the people that we’re trying to serve,” he said.

Read more: https://www.dailycamera.com/2021/07/29/aclu-argues-boulders-treatment-of-unhoused-is-unconstitutional/
(Boulder Daily Camera)