Those who run Denver, CO, have asked property owners to rent to illegal immigrants for less than $2,000 a month.
Denver has started closing the temporary hotel shelters as arrivals of illegal immigrants have dwindled. The city needs to cut back on costs.
Jon Ewing, who works with Denver Human Services, told KDVR the city “put out a feeler to all the landlords” it has “connections with.”
Mayor Mike Johnston announced at the end of February that the city planned to close four hotel shelters, a move he argued could save the city some $60 million from an anticipated $180 million in newcomer support expenses. The number of people staying in these shelters reached about 5,200 in mid-January, though currently there are fewer than 2,000 currently being sheltered, according to city data.”For ongoing housing, we’re trying to do more and better at the case navigation that gets people directly from shelter opportunities into housing, or into workforce options for normal travel, and so that continues to be our focus and it’s been successful for us over the last five weeks,” Johnston said last week at a press conference about shelter closures.
Local nonprofits and community members have also stepped in. They have also “connected folks with all kinds of housing, all over Denver.”
Yoli Casas, executive director of ViVe Wellness, claimed that some property owners have already “reached out about turning their Airbnbs into apartments and renting them out at a discount to help new immigrants.”
My question is…where?
I wrote about Aurora, CO, telling off Denver to stop sending illegal immigrants. The city even had to double down on a resolution declaring itself a non-sanctuary city.
Other cities and towns have done the same thing.
Denver has tasted what it’s like to be a sanctuary city. The numerous illegal immigrants shipped to the city have put a strain on the community.
Denver Health has warned that it is on the verge of collapse because of all the illegal immigrants. They don’t have insurance or money:
In 2023, Denver Health provided about $136 million in care that it didn’t receive compensation for, CEO Donna Lynne told the Denver City Council’s finance and government committee last week. That figure includes care to people covered by Medicaid when the rates the program paid didn’t cover the full costs, she said. About $100 million of that went to people living in Denver.
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