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Why am I always craving cookies?
Possibly an even bigger WTF: 90 days in jail (Boulder's max) officially qualifies you as no longer unhoused, according to HUD.
Which means you go back to the end of the list that prioritizes ppl for help and housing.
My biggest WTF moment from this story: Every single client of Focus Reentry, which assists unhoused residents in BoCo jail, has been turned down for a housing voucher due to criminal history. Some have qualified on appeal — a 6-month process. https://boulderbeat.news/2021/07/22/boulder-tent-ban/
My biggest WTF moment from this story: Every single client of Focus Reentry, which assists unhoused residents in BoCo jail, has been turned down for a housing voucher due to criminal history. Some have qualified on appeal — a 6-month process. https://boulderbeat.news/2021/07/22/boulder-tent-ban/
