By Donna Bryson, Denverite, January 6, 2020
Researchers who have mapped neighborhoods across Colorado where housing and health crises overlap hope an online tool they developed will help policy makers and advocates decide how best to use limited resources to support struggling communities.
“The purpose of this study is really to be a conversation starter,” said Elysia Clemens, deputy director of the Colorado Evaluation and Action Lab at the University of Denver, which funded the study.
According to the study released late last year, 71 census tracts — 6 percent of all census tracts in Colorado — have significantly higher rates than the state average of both households spending more than they can comfortably afford on rent and of people experiencing mental health issues. Most of those 71 neighborhoods were in metro areas such as Denver along the Front Range.
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