Denver Mayor Mike Johnston plans to close the Comfort Inn, one of the city’s larger homeless shelter hotels, and cease funding for the Monroe Village tiny home micro community, converting it to workforce housing. 

Citing fewer people living on the streets, officials said the decision comes as the next phase of the mayor’s efforts to end homelessness and will redirect city resources toward treatment and permanent solutions to include long-term housing.

These changes, city officials said, will save the city $11 million in 2026.

“In just two years, we have changed the landscape of homelessness in Denver and we are not slowing down,” Johnston said in a statement. “The next phase of All In Mile High will build on our progress, with a laser focus on getting more people into permanent housing, putting more people to work, and removing barriers to success for those with the most severe forms of addiction and mental illness.”

The Comfort Inn, located on Quebec Street, will close in March of 2026, and funding for the Monroe Village tiny home micro community on Monroe Street will cease by June 2026, city officials said, adding that neither site was intended as a long-term component of the mayor’s All In Mile High Initiative. 

All residents at the two locations will be offered housing or a room at another shelter. 

“Providing shelter is only the first step in solving homelessness,” District 8 Councilmember Shontel M. Lewis said. “I’m proud that we’re making progress on getting people into housing faster and I will work with the administration to ensure no one ends up back on the street during this transition.”

Johnston will host a community town hall at the Central Park Rec Center on Thursday, Sept. 25 to discuss the future of All In Mile High, the Comfort Inn closure, and other neighborhood priorities. 

Doors open for the event at 5 p.m., with the program lasting from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

In December 2024, an agreement with the city was reached to extend an existing contract with Quebec Hospitality, LLC, the owner of the former Comfort Inn at 4685 N. Quebec St. This location is one of four operated by the city in Denver’s District 8, providing support to the homeless in transitioning from the streets to more stable housing.

Under the new agreement, the city will pay an additional $6.5 million to the hotel owner, bringing the total contract value to just over $12.3 million and extending the city’s access to the hotel for use as a homeless shelter through Feb. 28, 2025.

Denver added an additional $5 million to the lease in April, extending access to the hotel through the end of 2025, bringing the total spent on the property to more than $17 million, according to city documents.