The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's national eviction moratorium is set to expire at the end of June, while the latest US Census Data shows 35% of Coloradans are at risk of eviction or foreclosure.
Deborah Chadwick, 62, shares a photo of her and her family on her phone taken in 2007 inside her the room she rents at the Amarillo Motel on Thursday
. Chadwick lost her son Doug to suicide in 2013 when he was 26-years-old. Doug is pictured in the far left corner of the photo on her phone. She now faces impending eviction from the motel that’s been her and her disabled daughter’s home since the fall of 2018.
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It is said that necessity is the mother of all invention, and the city of Colorado Springs now has a tidy feature on their app that allows community members to click a button to report a homeless camp. Should people use it? Apparently, they already do.
What they might not know is what happens when they do.
That click initiates a visit from the CSPD Homeless Outreach Team, which posts the area with “tags” warning people to vacate the premises. Many people pack up their belongings and relocate their camp. Some stay and receive a camping ticket.
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No holiday cheer in El Paso County homeless camp after recent evictions
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) Several dozen residents of an illegal homeless camp are questioning the timing of the camp s shutdown by authorities just a week before Christmas.
And the campers aren t alone in their displeasure. I wanted to let everybody know there are people out here who are suffering just like everybody else is, and to force them to leave right before Christmas, it s just heartless, said Paul Fulkerson, a disabled Marine veteran who occasionally volunteers to bring food and warm clothing to the camp.
Fulkerson contacted KRDO NewsChannel 13 Monday after he learned of the camp s shutdown.