SPECIAL FEATURE MARTHA PERDOMO PREPARES DINNER WITH HENRRI ALVAREZ AND VALENTINA PERDOMO, WHO ARE LIVING IN THEIR CAR, FOR NOW. CREDIT: GILES CLASEN CARMEN ABREU HAS WORRIED ABOUT HOW SHE WOULD HOUSE HER FAMILY, ONCE EVICTED FROM THEIR CITY-FUNDED HOTEL. CREDIT: GILES CLASEN ONE OF DENVER’S NEW GUESTS TRAVELED THOUSANDS OF MILES AND THROUGH 8 COUNTRIES BEFORE ARRIVING IN DENVER TO BUILD A NEW LIFE FOR HER AND HER FAMILY. CREDIT: GILES CLASEN “WE HAVE BROUGHT ON NON-PROFIT PARTNERS who have very successfully case managed and navigated those folks to connect them to work, to housing, to opportunity so we have not seen a significant increase of folks who ended up on the street,” Mayor Mike Johnston said in a press conference on Feb 28, 2024, announcing the closure of hotels used as temporary housing for the new immigrant community. “I heard the city say that [immigrants aren’t becoming homeless after being released from hotels]. It’s funny because every single day we have to add new tents to our encampment for migrants released from hotels,” said Kezia Lozano, who works with a Spanish-speaking BIPOC group called the Migrant Care Coalition that is actively supporting homeless immigrant encampments. Continued on page 10 JEAN CARLOS MONTILLA AND MARIA ANGEL WERE SET TO BE EVICTED FROM A HOTEL FUNDED BY THE CITY OF DENVER ON MARCH 9, 2024. CREDIT: GILES CLASEN April 2024 DENVER VOICE 9
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