The funding would be allocated if the pace of migrants arriving in Denver increases, but the city isn't required to spend the money if extra rooms aren't needed.
The funding would be allocated if the pace of migrants arriving in Denver increases, but the city isn't required to spend the money if extra rooms aren't needed.By Friday, March 22, Noemi Pacheco and her twelve-year-old daughter have to leave the Quality Inn migrant shelter on 2601 Zuni Street. But despite the pending departure, the Venezuelan migrant says she"can't complain.
The main provider of hotel rooms for the City of Denver is Quebec Hospitality LLC, which operates as Colorado Hospitality Services and owns hotels across the Denver area. The city paid Colorado Hospitality Services about $16 million for hotel rooms for migrants in 2023. Colorado Hospitality Services operates local franchises of big-name budget hotels like Quality Inn, Comfort Inn, Microtel, Stay Inn and Radisson; the contract with the city also pays Colorado Hospitality Services for laundry and front desk hotel services.
Johnston has said the city is saving $60 million in migrant service costs by closing these shelters, bringing the expected 2024 total cost to $120 million. To avoid displacing migrants, the city has been phasing them out by not admitting any more at closing shelters while continuing to discharge migrants at the end of their, about 40,000 migrants have arrived in Denver and either stayed at the shelters or continued onward to a different town or city. Johnston estimates about 60 percent of migrants in Denver stay while 40 percent travel elsewhere. Ewing says it's about fifty-fifty.staying at the city's shelters.
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