Cole D. Chandler

Husband, Dad, Friend // 🏘️🚲🌇⛰

[Cole D. Chandler @ColeChanD]

House1000 wasn’t about setting a goal that seemed achievable, but setting a goal based upon what our community needed. The goal pushed our team each day to accomplish not what we imagined could be done, but what we believed must be done.

[Cole D. Chandler @ColeChanD]

Dear Denver, we can be both a great city, and a good city. We can have a thriving economy, a vibrant downtown, and affordable housing for the people that make us great. Let’s do this!

[Tobin Stone 🌐 @tobinjstone]

Very excited to see @ColeChanD on this panel at YIMBYtown to talk about the fantastic work that he’s done with @MikeJohnstonCO to eliminate homelessness in Denver!

[New Democracy @NewDemocracy]

We will continue to support mayor @MikeJohnstonCO’s homelessness efforts and excited to hear from @ColeChanD today #yimbytown2024

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

The blocking of a Senate bill to overhaul U.S. asylum law is leaving Denver and other big cities strained by a stream of migrant arrivals https://t.co/fBsTzhBiNL https://t.co/fBsTzhBiNL

[Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) @COCoalition]

Denver is activating a pilot to provide around-the-clock, 24/7 cold weather shelter from 3pm Fri, Feb. 9 - 9am Fri., Feb. 16 at the Denver Coliseum, 4600 N Humboldt St. People experiencing homelessness should walk up to the location directly.

Learn more: https://t.co/GQsP4YunAc

[Mike Johnston @MikeJohnstonCO]

We should be heartbroken and furious about our government’s failure to act on the migrant crisis.

[Cole D. Chandler @ColeChanD]

Grateful to be in DC today sharing our lessons learned from Denver’s House1000 initiative—namely, that human centered public policy approaches like addressing encampments through housing access create transformative results for cities and the people that call those cities home.

[National League of Cities @leagueofcities]

We are proud to co-host the 2024 Housing Supply Innovation Symposium today with @TernerHousing. We welcome and thank all local and national leaders, experts, and investors who have joined us to discuss Human-Centered Approaches to Building and Accessing Housing.

[Mike Johnston @MikeJohnstonCO]

Denver Post Editorial Board on our House1000 effort: “The transformation in downtown is palpable. The transformation in the lives of those individuals who are no longer sleeping in tents…gives us hope.”

https://t.co/iNlo5OdCrD

[Cole D. Chandler @ColeChanD]

@dobetterdnvr That’s an emergency cold weather shelter (not part of the 1100+) but it is literally saving people’s lives right now.

[Cole D. Chandler @ColeChanD]

Really grateful that 1100+ people who were living in encampments six months ago have safe, stable, and dignified indoor options today.

[Mike Johnston @MikeJohnstonCO]

Proud of what Denver did to support this many people in 2023.

[Marc Sallinger @MarcSallinger]

Denver closed a homeless camp today filled with migrants, moving +300 people into shelters, hotels and apartments

Denver is sheltering nearly 4,500 migrants right now, the most ever

Mayor says Denver has received the most migrants per capita of any city, total of 36,000

[Kyle Clark @KyleClark]

COMMENTARY: Denver Mayor @MikeJohnstonCO's House1000 initiative deserves praise and scrutiny. #copolitics

[Mike Johnston @MikeJohnstonCO]

My thanks to Jeff Olivet, the top national leader in the fight to end homelessness, for his support and recognition of Denver’s historic accomplishment.

@USICHgov

[Cole D. Chandler @ColeChanD]

As someone who has been in this work for a decade, I’m grateful to my boss for having the courage to cast a transformative vision, and the tenacity to achieve it.

[Cole D. Chandler @ColeChanD]

House1000 wasn’t about setting a goal that seemed achievable, but setting a goal based upon what our community needed. The goal pushed our team each day to accomplish not what we imagined could be done, but what we believed must be done.

[YIMBY Denver @Yimbyindenver]

Congratulations to the mayor’s team, who’ve worked so hard to bring people indoors. And congratulations to the over 1000 Denverites who now have a place to call home. Everyone deserves safe and stable housing! We’re excited to see this program continue.

[Leslie Herod @leslieherod]

This is indeed a victory. And a hard fought one. I’m proud of our city and mayor @MikeJohnstonCO for staying true to his word. This is only one battle in the fight, but my hope and confidence stands behind Mayor and his quest to house the unhoused. Well done.

[Mike Johnston @MikeJohnstonCO]

House 1,000 people living on Denver's street in under six months.
Some people thought it was impossible, but I knew we had to confront homelessness in a big way if we wanted a big change. 1,034 people have come inside as Dec. 30. This is historic, and we’re just getting started.

[Cole D. Chandler @ColeChanD]

House1000 wasn’t only about moving people inside and closing large encampments. It was also about reweaving the fabric of our community through love, joy, beauty, and authentic connection. So good to celebrate that today!