Denver Mayor Mike Johnston plans to close the Comfort Inn, one of the city’s larger homeless shelter hotels, and cease funding for the Monroe Village tiny home micro community, converting it to workforce housing.
Citing fewer people living on the streets, officials said the decision comes as the next phase of the mayor’s efforts to end homelessness and will redirect city resources toward treatment and permanent solutions to include long-term housing.
These changes, city officials said, will save the city $11 million in 2026…