Posted on 10/10/2023 6:43:17 PM PDT by Libloather
Encampment-overrun Denver is set to break ground on the first of many micro-communities designed to house the homeless - with 1,000 taxpayer-funded homes set to open by the end of the year.
The site, located on S. Santa Fe Drive, is one of 11 being propped up by the famously progressive city, which is currently in the midst of an unprecedented homelessness crisis.
Worsening matters is the fact the homeless are not exactly roughing it - with tent-laden processions complete with furniture and other amenities now a common sight in the Mile High City.
On Monday, the 48-year-old Democrat Mayor Mike Johnston announced the city is taking its first steps in combating the crises - by erecting a fully staffed commune with 130 70 square-foot homes, and 70 larger domiciles measuring in at 120 square feet.
Each, the mayor said, comes complete with a complementary bed and a desk, and will have access to community areas with restrooms, showers, a kitchen and multiple gathering spaces.
The residences - comprised of the increasingly popular pallet shelters now being used as 'tiny homes' - cost between $13,900 and $18,900 to construct, with each being assembled in under an hour, Johnson said.
In total, the single community will cost the city a total of $7million - not including the other amenities set to be offered. There will also be no sobriety requirement for prospective tenants, the mayor's office said Monday.
It's the first step of Johnston’s House1000 initiative, which claims it will be able to house 1,000 people by the end of 2023.
The end goal of the venture, officials said, is to eventually close all the encampments across Denver - a little over two months after Johnston declared a citywide state of emergency to address the crisis.
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Bidenvilles. Coming soon to an Obamanation near you.
Accommodating bad behavior.
Joker said you get what you f-ing deserve.
Somebody needs to watch Dog Whisperer.
For civilized Japanese society, yes, that pay to use them. Not for homeless, mentally ill/druggie Americans.
Free fentanyl should guarantee high turnover....
;-)
Free of charge? Who’s paying? Take a guess.
They’ll look like those hotels in New York in 30 days
Well I will admit “micro community” sounds so much better then “concentration camp”
Joe and Jane Q taxpayer!
Go Broncos!!
Will they get a free shopping cart or baby buggy too? Why can’t we be as humane as the leftists.
Communal showers...rape centers.
Communal kitchens... filthy biolabs.
Think gigantic Ballot Dropbox.
I would rather it not be tax payer funded, but would like to see how it works out. Will they clean their own filth? Will they offer anything in return? I think I know the answers, but am open to contrary answers.
I thought Mayor Hickenlooper solved all this 20 years ago with his “road home” program. No? Well, then run for governor and never mention it again.
This won’t work either.
My mother was our Girl Scout leader and drove one of our members home from a meeting one night. I was only around 8 or 9 yrs old and I was shocked by the sloth in the projects. Garbage everywhere, broken down cars on cinder blocks and some windows were boarded up. There were no flowers, no kept lawns, no pride really. There is a difference between people who had invested in something which gives them pride and the desire to keep it up and those who didn’t have to pay for something and often showed no respect for it.
Very sad and whoever is funding this needs to do a deep dive in Cabrini Green.
NIMBY-these people don’t want to be around others. Cops leave encampments alone-’safety in numbers’. To think this will help is naive. $20k per unit is stupid. They shouldn’t be downtown amongst the rest of us. They don’t deserve it. They should be on the outskirts like Trump advocated/promised.
This will be a micro slum in 6 months.
Long ago I lived within blocks of there for several years.
I have the best timing...
Author Marvin Olasky wrote ‘The Tragedy of American Compassion”. In the old days one had to chop wood for 2 hours to get a bed to sleep in. Not these days.
Outskirts of town. Start out with tents. Don’t waste money.
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