DENVER (KDVR) — On Monday, Housekeys Motion Community Denver will maintain a rally exterior the Denver Metropolis and County constructing, calling on Mayor Mike Johnston to maintain guarantees they stated he’s damaged on his homeless insurance policies.
HAND has been sharing a flyer that flat-out calls Johnston’s “Home 1000” initiative a rip-off.
Home 1000 is the mayor’s purpose of getting 1,000 people who find themselves unhoused into properties and in micro-communities by the top of the 12 months.
V Reeves with HAND stated the mayor’s guarantees of fixing the problem of homelessness have lacked accountability.
“We would like him, at this level, simply to comply with his personal encampment coverage,” Reeves stated. “We’re not asking for greater than that. We’re asking for accountability to his personal phrases with regards to how he’s going to determine when to comb and perform a sweep.”
The mayor’s workplace offered an announcement to FOX31 on this deliberate rally saying he stays dedicated to his purpose of housing 1000 folks by 12 months’s finish.
“Concentrate on these individuals who actually have to be indoors throughout the harsh winter as a substitute of probably the most seen folks,” Reeves stated, “as a substitute of specializing in geography.”
The Mayor’s workplace, through an announcement, stated the mayor’s administration is “specializing in probably the most susceptible populations”
Of their assertion, Johnston’s workplace acknowledged that “security dangers are highest for these at the moment residing unsheltered in encampments, particularly with winter approaching.”
“He must make certain that there are particular guidelines which can be constant throughout the board,” Reeves stated, “that enable for autonomy and defend folks’s rights, in these settings.”
The shelters the place people who find themselves unhoused are staying now, Reeves stated, want lodging for folks to have a greater shot at getting again on their ft.
As for folks at the moment unhoused, Reeves stated Monday’s rally will even ask the town for extra hygiene assets.
“Meaning extra loos, handwashing stations, water entry,” Reeves stated, “in order that we are able to ensure all people in the neighborhood has these items obtainable.”
With somewhat over two months left within the 12 months, the town’s Home 1000 dashboard reviews solely 168 folks housed to date, giving the mayor that a lot time to maintain his promise and home 832 extra folks.
