Lawsuit over Park Hill homeless camp dismissed; city board to hear appeal
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A lawsuit filed by five Park Hill homeowners over a proposed city-sanctioned homeless camp in the neighborhood was dismissed Wednesday afternoon, because the plaintiffs are moving to another venue to try and stop it.
But that appeal before Denver’s Board of Adjustment for Zoning won’t be heard before June 1, when the camp is set to open.
Following a morning hearing in the case, Denver District Court Judge A. Bruce Jones dismissed without prejudice the May 6 lawsuit filed by Kurt Monigle, Dave Rodman, Jean Baptiste Varnier, Justin Lacov and Blair Taylor.
Park Hill homeowners sue to keep out city-sanctioned homeless camp
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Five Park Hill homeowners have sued in an attempt to stop a city-sanctioned homeless camp from relocating to their Denver neighborhood.
The lawsuit filed in Denver District Court on Thursday asks a judge to issue an order preventing the establishment of the campsite in the parking lot next to Park Hill United Methodist Church. The complaint voices concerns over safety, a lack of public input and the extension of the program at a time the coronavirus pandemic appears to be easing.
The defendants are the city, the church, lead pastor Nathan Adams and Colorado Village Collaborative, the nonprofit that would manage the camp.
Landlords say CDC moratorium on evictions is hurting them financially
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DENVER Some landlords say it s time the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s temporary moratorium on evictions comes to an end.
The CDC first instituted the moratorium in September 2020. Since then, it s been renewed and extended three times.
The moratorium is aimed at helping tenants avoid becoming homeless because they re unable to pay their rent due to the ongoing pandemic.
But landlords say they ve suffered, too, and are looking for help.
Mark Skinner, for example, has a lot of repairs to make after tenants left his place at the Chestnut Condos in southwestern Denver a nightmare.
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For the millions of Americans whoâve seen their finances upended by the pandemic, federal stimulus payments, enhanced unemployment benefits and the slew of moratoria placed on debts might have seemed like a godsend when they were first announced. But what happens when those programs expire?
For one, bankruptcy attorneys predict that consumer and small business bankruptcy filings are going to skyrocket, and they say the wave is likely coming before the end of 2021.
âThereâs a backlog of evictions, foreclosures and collection cases that are all being put off because of the pandemic that is going to come to a head, I think later on this year, probably late summer or early fall,â said Stephen Swift, lead attorney at Swift Bankruptcy Law Firm in Colorado Springs. âI do think weâre going to be busy, but the last thing that we are today is busy.â