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    Press Release: Gov. Hickenlooper and Denver Mayor Hancock Focus on Improving Social Issues

    January 1, 2013
    Press Release: Gov. Hickenlooper and Denver Mayor Hancock Focus on Improving Social Issues
    https://govlab.hks.harvard.edu/news/gov-hickenlooper-and-denver-mayor-hancock-focus-improving-socia-issues
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    Denver Post: Denver Homelessness Program Funded by Bank, Large Foundations, Among Others

    January 1, 2016
    Denver Post: Denver Homelessness Program Funded by Bank, Large Foundations, Among Others
    https://govlab.hks.harvard.edu/news/denver-homelessness-program-funded-bank-large-foundations-among-others
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    The Denver Channel: Denver Using $8.6M Loan to Build Apartments for Chronically Homeless People

    January 1, 2016
    The Denver Channel: Denver Using $8.6M Loan to Build Apartments for Chronically Homeless People
    https://govlab.hks.harvard.edu/news/denver-using-86m-loan-build-apartments-chronically-homeless-people
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    Urban Institute: How Denver Is Breaking the Homelessness-Jail Cycle

    March 20, 2019

    The Urban Institute published a feature on the GPL's Permanent Supportive Housing project in Denver. The feature explains how former Program Director Tyler Jaeckel and other stakeholders helped the City set up a social impact bond to build 160 new units of housing for the homeless and includes quotes from residents and photos of their new homes. Read the feature ...

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    Urban Institute: Interim Lessons from the Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative

    November 12, 2019
    The Urban Institute published a research report on the GPL's Permanent Supportive Housing project in Denver. The report, Maintaining Housing Stability: Interim Lessons from the Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative, highlights key lessons that were learned and outcomes that were achieved over the first three years of the program. Read the report... Read more about Urban Institute: Interim Lessons from the Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative