“There aren’t enough (shelter) beds for the people who need them,” Tony Robinson, Chair and Associate Professor of Political Science, said in response to a chart the city’s lawyer presented showing Denver’s shelters have consistently had empty beds over the last few years. Robinson, who has directed surveys of hundreds of people living on the streets and has spent time observing and interviewing them one-on-one, said a count of empty beds does not reveal who was turned away because, for example, he or she left work too late to get to a shelter before curfews that many have in place.

The heart of a case challenging Denver’s camping ban: Does the city have adequate shelter beds?
Denverite, Oct 18