Denver homelessness initiative to cost $65 million more than estimate

Published June 19, 2024 1:13pm ET



Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s office is being slammed for its lack of transparency regarding its homelessness initiative after new estimates, delivered nearly a year after the program was launched, came out to be about $65 million more than originally projected. 

Johnston, a Democrat, launched his homelessness initiative, then called House 1000, on his second day in office on July 18.

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