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Did the MLB All-Star Game Prompt Homeless Sweeps?

City Cast Denver
City Cast Denver
Episode • Jul 13, 2021 • 14m

Housing activists and our unhoused neighbors say that the City of Denver has been increasing sweeps of homeless encampments ahead of today’s MLB All-Star Game at Coors Field, and many have accused Mayor Michael Hancock of attempting to whitewash our housing crisis for the TV cameras. But there’s more to this story than meets the eye. Denverite reporter Kevin Beaty filed records requests to get a better picture of the underlying data, and he sits down with City Cast Denver producer Xandra McMahon to unpack it. 

For an even deeper dive into the data Kevin dug up, here’s his report for Denverite. 

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