{"id":2240092,"date":"2024-05-08T12:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T16:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/denver-mayor-cuts-funding-for-homeless\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T12:57:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T16:57:00","slug":"denver-mayor-cuts-funding-for-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/denver-mayor-cuts-funding-for-homeless\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver&#8217;s mayor reduces funding for the homeless"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdenver-mayor-cuts-funding-for-homeless%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2240092&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, a Democrat,\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/steve-hilton-report-dr-anthony-fauci-is-directly-responsible-with-funding-the-gain-of-function-studies-that-resulted-in-coronavirus-pandemic-video\/\" title=\"Steve Hilton Report: Dr. Anthony Fauci Is Directly Responsible with Funding the Gain-of-Function Studies that Resulted in Coronavirus Pandemic (VIDEO)\">cut funding<\/a> for a \u2063program\u200d serving \u200bhomeless individuals, despite previously granting over half a million dollars for expansion. This decision contrasts with the previous \u200dadministration&#8217;s efforts to increase safe parking sites.\u200c Service providers highlighted the financial struggles \u200cfaced\u2062 by many, relying on their cars as their only shelter. The impact \u200bon safe parking initiatives raises\u200b concerns for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-shells-out-thousands-for-homeless-to-help-shape-citys-police-disciplinary-system\/\" title=\"Portland pays thousands to homeless to shape city's police discipline system.\">homeless \u2064community<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"homeless people\">Denver Mayor Mike Johnston<\/a>, a Democrat, has quietly cut funding from a program that allows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/homelessness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"homeless people\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/far-left-cheers-as-homeless-group-seizes-hotel-near-tacoma-city-leaders-negotiating-with-group-as-police-refuse-to-intervene\/\" title=\"Far Left Cheers As Homeless Group Seizes Hotel Near Tacoma; City Leaders Negotiating With Group As Police Refuse To Intervene\">homeless people<\/a><\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elite-private-school-students-anonymously-accused-school-officials-of-racism-the-school-caved\/\" title=\"Elite Private School Students Anonymously Accused School Officials Of Racism. The School Caved.\">safe space<\/a> to sleep at night despite awarding the nonprofit organization that runs it more than half a million dollars to expand just six months earlier. <\/p>\n<p>The move marks a 180-degree turn from the efforts of his predecessor, Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/gazette.com\/denver-gazette\/hancock-s-budget-won-t-stem-homelessness\/article_a291bcc8-351d-11ed-8bfd-e7cabdde55d8.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Mayor Michael Hancock's\">Mayor Michael Hancock<\/a>, in 2023 to double the number of safe parking sites in the city from two to four and comes as thousands of people, including undocumented immigrants, are scrambling for places to sleep at night. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Occupants look on during a city-sponsored sweep of an encampment overlooking the city skyline on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Service providers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/denver\/2024\/05\/06\/denver-mayor-cuts-funding-parking-sites-homeless\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> <em>Axios<\/em> and local news outlets that hundreds of people have found themselves in dire financial straits. For many, their only possession is their car, which is what they use as a place to sleep at night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy heart sank,\u201d Terrell Curtis, executive director of Colorado Safe Parking Initiative, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com\/article\/news\/local\/next\/next-with-kyle-clark\/funding-for-safe-parking-initiative-cut-denver\/73-6596010d-6a44-4d1a-9902-ddb6d0ec9373\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> 9News. \u201cWhat happens for the folks who park in our safe lots here in Denver when the rest of that fund does run out?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the past four years, the nonprofit organization has run lots on private land for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayor-of-boston-equates-requiring-proof-of-vaccination-to-jim-crow-trump\/\" title=\"Mayor Of Boston Equates Requiring Proof Of Vaccination To Jim Crow, \u2018Trump\u2019\">people needing<\/a> a place to stay in their cars. There\u2019s a bathroom, security cameras, and a general sense of safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not legal anywhere in Denver to stay overnight in your vehicle,\u201d Curtis said. \u201cMost of the folks that we see are homeless for the first time. Within the last year, they\u2019ve become homeless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Denver has claimed there have been concerns with questionable spending and reporting after funds were allocated to the program, which Curtis acknowledged but said he was working on them with the city\u2019s help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a startup, we were really slow at getting caught up with our billing and reporting requirements to the city,\u201d he said. \u201cBut they were aware of that all along. We worked together on what we were doing and how to address that issue. And while we were in the middle of that, they invited us to take another $600,000.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The original contract, which would have increased the number of overnight parking sites to four from two lots, was given the green light through 2025. <\/p>\n<p>His decision to scale back on the Colorado Safe Parking Initiative has also led to the organization eliminating one part-time position. It also stops the money it gives directly to help people living in their cars, which includes cash for emergency hotel rooms, vehicle registration, and car insurance. <\/p>\n<p>The Denver City Council approved Johnston\u2019s cuts Monday night. <\/p>\n<p>Johnston\u2019s administration, which has been struggling to accommodate and care for more than 41,000 illegal immigrants bused to the state from Texas, has also been hit with a homelessness crisis in the city. <\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>saw enforcement officials sweep sprawling homeless encampments, leaving people wandering aimlessly downtown and pushing their belongings in a cart or carrying them in tattered bags.<\/p>\n<p>In all,\u00a0Johnston is poised to spend about $100 million on homelessness in 2024. In his pitch to voters, Johnston promised to end the crisis in his first four-year term. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER \">CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He has also floated plans to get 1,000 homeless people into shelters, which include former hotels and \u201cmicro communities\u201d this year. <\/p>\n<p>Johnston was sworn into office on July 17, 2023. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, a Democrat, quietly slashed funding for a program providing safe overnight shelter for the homeless. Despite awarding over half a million dollars for expansion six months prior, the recent decision contradicts his previous initiatives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2646,"featured_media":2240093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23305816389011.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2240092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23305816389011.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2240092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2240093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2240092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2240092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2240092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}