Brian Augustine, who sells Colorado street paper the Denver VOICE, writes for the latest in INSP’s Housing for the People series about how happenstance, and events outside his control, led to him losing the place he called home. Now, he counts the street paper as his home, and the people who come by his place of work as his family.

Housing for the People: “Until I can make my dream happen…”

For the latest instalment of INSP’s ‘Housing for the People’ column, Denver VOICE contributor Larmarques ‘Misha’ Smith writes about their journey from temporary to stable housing, their experience of shlters throughout the pandemic, and how ensuring housing is a right enjoyed by all should be done intersectionally with multiple goals in mind.

Housing for the People: “We have to go beyond people just attaining housing”

In her apartment, MaryLou cooks meatloaf for dinner, with her nephew nearby in the living room to monitor her. Photo: Isabel Guzman

Mark Gaskin, 61, lives in a tent trailer down the street from his 82-year-old aunt’s apartment, and cares for her daily, giving up his own comfort to protect her.


Familial love transcends homelessness

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