Updated at 8:41 a.m. on Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Denver will pay over $5 million to lease the former Comfort Inn in Northeast Park Hill through the end of the year to serve as a homeless shelter.
City Council extended the contract with landlord Quebec Hospitality, LLC to the end of 2025. With the new deal, the city will have spent a total of $17.5 million in rent on the property.
The hotel is part of Mayor Mike Johnston’s All In Mile High plan to bring people living on the street into long-term shelter. The city hopes that by sheltering people in private rooms, residents will eventually receive long-term housing — an outcome that has not been experienced by most of the people brought inside through the program.
As of April 15, 672 people had found permanent housing after leaving All In Mile High sites and 66 had received stable housing indoors. More recently, the city has focused on connecting people living on the streets with leased housing instead of shelter. Around 1,300 people have been housed through those "street-to-lease" efforts. In total, around 3,800 people have been moved off the streets and indoors through All In Mile High.
Neighbors near the shelter have complained since before the was initially leased. They argue that northeast Park Hill, a working-class neighborhood, is being disproportionately burdened with shelters while many other, wealthier neighborhoods have none.
The shelter is run through a contract with the religious nonprofit, the Saint Francis Center. It includes 138 rooms for individuals and couples.
The Comfort Inn lease started in February 2023 and was last renewed in December 2024.
Editor's note: This story has been corrected to clarify the number of people brought inside from All In Mile High sites and in total.
