Homelessness continues to be a major issue in Boulder, as the city struggles to address rising prices, a shortage of affordable housing and surging demand for emergency services.

The city’s landscape of homelessness services and organizations looks different now than it did at the beginning of 2024. The Boulder Shelter for the Homeless, the city’s largest overnight shelter, underwent a major rebrand in July and became All Roads — Leading the Way Home. All Roads representatives have said the rebrand came in part because the organization has grown and evolved. Now, it aims to not only offer sheltering, but also help Boulder’s unhoused residents access housing and other services.

The name change came after All Roads launched its much-awaited day services this summer. Now that the day services have been added, the shelter is open day and night from Mondays through Fridays and overnight only on Saturdays and Sundays.

With the arrival of the day services, All Roads also beefed up its staffing and program offerings and expanded its overnight shelter capacity. The shelter has historically had an overnight capacity of 160 beds, expanding to 180 beds only on critical weather nights, but All Roads announced this summer that it would permanently expand its capacity to 180 beds.

However, All Roads was one of numerous human services organizations that were hit hard by the Boulder County commissioners’ announcement of major cuts to a key grant program in 2025. In light of the news, the nonprofit has announced that it will likely need to cut its capacity back down to 160 beds starting in April.

Meanwhile, Boulder’s homelessness policies have not changed much this year. At the start of this year, the future of Boulder’s camping ban was in doubt because of a lawsuit from the ACLU challenging the ban’s constitutionality. But in a major decision this summer, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it is constitutional and legal for cities to enforce bans against unhoused people sleeping in the streets, even in cases where these individuals may not have anywhere else to go.

The ACLU lawsuit against Boulder’s camping ban was dismissed earlier this month, but the plaintiffs have said they’ll likely appeal the case.