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Mireya Marquez was evicted from her apartment in Denver at the end of May. A house painter by training, Marquez has found only sporadic work during the pandemic; she is currently staying in a friend’s apartment while recovering from COVID-19. Photo by Joe Mahoney /
Special to The Colorado Trust

Housing

November 20, 2020

Six Months After Eviction, a Denver Woman Wonders If She’ll Ever Have Stable Housing Again

By Fran Kritz

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Housing

August 28, 2020

Fears Grow Over a Forthcoming Eviction Surge in Colorado

By Michael Booth

The prolonged economic fallout from the pandemic means a recent wave of forced displacements could be just the beginning.

Immigration

May 15, 2020

For One Mixed-Status Family, the Pandemic Ushers in a Quiet Crisis

By Sarah Tory

In Colorado, more than 100,000 U.S. citizen children live in households with at least one undocumented parent. Excluded from federal coronavirus aid, how are these families coping?

Immigration

April 7, 2020

For Undocumented Workers, More Risk and Little Safety Net

By Larry Borowsky

Undocumented Coloradans have no good options for riding out the COVID-19 pandemic.

Housing

April 2, 2020

As Unemployment Soars, Eviction Questions Loom for Thousands of Coloradans

By Michael Booth

With countless Coloradans suddenly unable to pay their rent, advocates say drastic measures are needed to keep people in their homes.

Policing & Incarceration

March 30, 2020

In Colorado Prisons and Jails, a Piecemeal Approach to the Threat of Coronavirus

By Daliah Singer

As COVID-19 reaches Colorado’s prisons and jails, the state correctional system and each local jail take their own approaches.

Fears Grow Over a Forthcoming Eviction Surge in Colorado

For One Mixed-Status Family, the Pandemic Ushers in a Quiet Crisis

For Undocumented Workers, More Risk and Little Safety Net

As Unemployment Soars, Eviction Questions Loom for Thousands of Coloradans

In Colorado Prisons and Jails, a Piecemeal Approach to the Threat of Coronavirus

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