07/03/2025 | Press release | Archived content
Published on July 03, 2025
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston today released a new report detailing the full progress and achievements of Denver's All In Mile High initiative - a comprehensive program centered around long-term solutions for ending street homelessness - in the two years since its launch. The updated report offers a comprehensive look at the strategy and outcomes of the program's continued effort and highlights the transformation of Denver's street homelessness landscape.
"Homelessness is not just a moral crisis, but an economic one," said Mayor Mike Johnston. "Everyone deserves to have a safe place to sleep at night and feel safe walking around our city. In Denver, we've created a blueprint for change and provided a national model for ending unsheltered homelessness with urgency, innovation, and humanity - by treating our neighbors with the dignity and compassion everyone deserves. The work isn't over, but in Denver, we believe our problems are solvable and that we are the ones to solve them, and we are proving that to be true."
Through the All In Mile High initiative, Denver has delivered the largest multi-year reduction in street homelessness of any major U.S. city, reducing street homelessness by 45%. The encampments that once lined Denver's streets are gone; more than 7,000 people previously experiencing homelessness have transitioned into interim housing, and more than 5,500 have been connected to permanent housing.
Highlights from today's report include:
A comparison of Denver before and after implementation of the program
Data on outcomes and progress
Details of the multi-step approach and next steps
Community support
"Denver is on the right track," said Jeff Olivet, former Executive Director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. "Courageous leadership from Mayor Johnston, a great team, and a strong focus on addressing unsheltered homelessness with compassion are beginning to show real results.
This transformation has been driven by the dedicated work of city employees, provider partners, and Denverites across the city. The program's newest report illustrates how Denver's coordinated citywide approach to addressing homelessness has efficiently created a system in which people in crisis are connected to the services and stability they need, while navigating permanent housing and long-term support to rebuild their lives.
"This success shows what Denver is made of. The City's commitment to data-driven solutions is achieving historic reductions in unsheltered homelessness, first for the veteran populations, and now the general population," said Roseanne Haggerty, CEO of Community Solutions. "Denver's example should inspire the country that real progress is possible in making homelessness rare and brief."
Read the full report here.