Gary Peters spent seven years camping outside a Denver golf course to avoid sleeping in a public shelter until last summer when he moved into a homeless community. The 75-year-old is one of the benefactors of Denver, which has invested nearly $4 million to provide homeless people with safe outdoor spaces. The need for alternatives to shelters increased as more people moved outdoors due to concerns over the risk of COVID-19 transmission in such indoor facilities. Peters said that he would rather spend the night in a shelter than in the cold. Cities across the United States have been struggling to deal with a surge in homelessness that has in part been blamed on a nationwide housing shortage. The situation in Colorado, where home prices already were at record highs, was made worse in December when hundreds of homes were destroyed by fire, sending victims in search of temporary housing. Some cities such as Seattle and Portland, Oregon, have built tiny homes with kitchens and indoor plumbing. The Colorado Village Collaborative runs ice-fishing tents that cost less than $400 each, but tiny homes can cost more than $25,000 per unit to build. The collaborative estimates that the Denver program will help about 350 people with a fourth location, compared to last year's program that helped nearly 250 people. The insulated tents sit on leased land and are available to people who agree to a set of rules including no weapons, selling drugs or disrupting neighbors. The community is open to all genders and couples are allowed to stay together. Pets are welcome, but not guests, as residents can come and go 24 hours a day. There are also showers, trash and laundry services at the sites. Other cities like Las Cruces, New Mexico, and Missoula, Montana, have launched similar programs with tents, kitchens, and support services. The failure of the current public shelter system is shown by the national move towards these types of communities. When the federal government stopped funding housing in the 80s, it made it difficult for people to afford it. People don't like the approach. The president of the National Alliance to End Homelessness said that it is better for people to find permanent housing to get off the street and into indoor housing. We're making it clear that it's okay for people to live outside. Roman said that they need to do whatever they can to keep them safe. The tent collective provides stability for people sleeping outside and helps them transition to housing. He said that not everybody is immediately ready to come indoors. People want to come indoors on their own terms. The contracts with other organizations provide support for indoor housing, employment, legal resources and physical and mental health services. 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