More rent assistance, medical debt relief and more: Here’s what City Council could ask of Mayor Mike Johnston’s new budget

More rent assistance, medical debt relief and more: Here’s what City Council could ask of Mayor Mike Johnston’s new budget

Information on eviction support inside Denver’s City and County Building. July 25, 2023. $55 million.

That’s how much some experts think it would cost to halt evictions on an annual basis, according to research from the Community Economic Defense Project.

And it’s what organizers from Coloradans for the Common Good are pushing City Council to request from Mayor Mike Johnston, who is in the process of crafting his first budget.“While we certainly applaud Mayor Johnston’s goal of getting 1,000 people off the streets, that’s great, but what we see is that once people are evicted, they’re added to the homeless. And […]

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