The city of Denver is making an unusual request by asking property owners to consider renting spare rooms to illegal immigrants as the city looks to close more migrant shelters in the community.
Last month, Denver initiated the removal of 140 families from migrant shelters. The city’s mayor, Mike Johnston, further announced that Denver would be closing four migrant shelters to save $60 million in the city’s budget.
Now, according to a report by Fox 31, the city has taken the extraordinary step of reaching out to rental property owners, urging them to provide housing to migrants in need.
“We put out a feeler to all the landlords we have connections with,” said Jon Ewing, a spokesperson for Denver Human Services. “Basically said, listen, we’re going to have some newcomers who are going to need housing.”
“We’ve got kind of a rent cap — $2,000,” Ewing further explained.
City officials claim that the efforts to reduce the number of migrants in shelters have been promising. The current number of migrants being housed in these facilities is below 1,800, which is the first time the number has been that low since last September.
Denver has also taken steps to provide assistance to illegal migrants by helping them secure work permits. This revelation coincides with a surge in foreign-born individuals entering the U.S. workforce. According to a report by Zerohedge, a record 1.2 million foreign-born individuals (both legal and illegal) gained employment in February alone. Meanwhile, 560,000 native-born Americans lost their jobs during the same period.
Denver’s plea to homeowners to take in illegal immigrants is not a unique request. At a time when multiple cities across the country are trying to find ways to house the overwhelming number of migrants entering the country, officials are resorting to the most extreme proposals to accommodate these migrants.
In January, a city councilman in Chicago requested that the “compassionate” members of his community consider housing migrant families in the city. He even suggested that the city “create a sign-up sheet for individuals that would be willing to house migrant families.”
This piece first appeared at TPUSA.
