By the end of the week, three Denver hotels that served as temporary immigrant shelters will close, leaving only one that can accommodate 800 guests. As the city struggles to manage its resources and has a budget deficit of$ 120 million, the city is still struggling.  ,
The one hotel, which is in northern Denver, as well as a flock sanctuary in a church, you give beds for about 800 people if needed, Denver Human Services spokesman Jon Ewing said on Monday. He added that there are “bridge cover” available in the city to assist families moving from hotels to apartments.
” We’re moving along at a pretty good clip, getting people out of shelter, getting them with the nonprofits ‘ assistance, getting them into housing, and so we simply do n’t need the shelters as much”, Ewing said. ” It’s an added expense we do n’t need to keep”.
Closing the three hotel shelters is projected to save Denver$ 60 million, bringing the total cost of housing immigrants in 2024 to$ 120 million.
” We’re still in a budget imbalance”, Ewing said. ” We’re also in a budget space. The trade-off here is that we are trying to do that is we know that we wo n’t have women and children living on the streets of Denver.
More than 40, 000 refugees,  , mostly from Venezuela,  , arrived in Denver in less than a month in desperate need of basic services and cover. Authorities in the area have been working to assist the new visitors, but they have acknowledged that it has done so at the expense of citizens who are also dealing with a housing shortage and sky-high rents. At its height, thousands of immigrants were residing in city-funded apartments at seven accommodations and three different structures.  ,
Denver has received more refugees per capita , than any other city in the nation. It organized clinics to assist people applying for work approval, established emergency procedures to welcome new visitors, and opened city buildings as shelters. It worked overtime to manage clinics. Individuals and non-profit organizations gave food, clothing, toys, and houses, but some residents have expressed anger over the number of people arriving in the city, which has caused resentment. At the beginning of the time, Denver was paying to house almost 5, 000 people.  ,
Since December 2022, about 40, 000 refugees have sought refuge in city-funded resort rooms.  , Adults are allowed to stay for two weeks, while people have 42 days. Numerous local nonprofits have contributed to the payment of the first month’s book or the security loan.  ,
Additionally, the city has been constantly urging people from Texas to Denver to find shelter abroad. The town has purchased 20, 000 one-way bus tickets to different cities and has made it clear to refugees that their problems will only get worse if they remain.  ,
” New York gives you more”, Andres Carrera, political director for Democrat Denver Mayor , Mike Johnston, recently told refugees at one of the city’s homes. ” Chicago gives you more. So I suggest you get that, where there is longer- phrase shelter. There are also more job opportunities there” . ,
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” You do n’t have to walk anywhere. We may buy you a free ticket. You can go to any town. We can take you up to the French border, wherever”, he added.  ,
The governor has had to produce a number of hard decisions in recent weeks regarding the city’s immigration crisis. To help balance the budget, he has established restrictions on how much people can stay in homes and made budgetary reduces to the state’s services.  ,
