Jeff is a digital journalist with the Denver7 team.
DENVER — On the heels of cuts to city services to address a multi-million-dollar budget deficit in part due to the city’s ongoing response to the migrant crisis, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston on Wednesday announced the upcoming closure of four migrant shelters he says will save Denver around $60 million in costs in the 2024 budget.
“We knew if we were going to exit people, we had to double down on very high quality case management so we can exit people successfully to housing and to work opportunities without having them end up unhoused or on the streets." At Wednesday’s press conference, Denver City Council President Jamie Torres addressed what the city has done over the last few weeks to help migrants achieve work status.
Frustrations grow among Denverites as city explores more budget cuts to address migrant crisis “Since January 31, the city has provided case management to over 700 individuals, which includes 500 people who have secured temporary housing thanks to the case management outreach,” said Sandoval.“That's a huge impact for me as we had the encampment in Northwest Denver. We saw children living in tents for the first time in Denver's history,” said Sandoval.
Despite closing the four hotels, Johnston said the city would have capacity to address another migrant surge if it were to happen in the future. During Monday’s city council meeting, Councilmember At-Large Danielle Jurinsky, who co-sponsored Aurora’s resolution, took aim at Denver’s cuts.
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