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Johnston is expected to address the city’s homeless initiative, House1000. Watch the address live here at 11:30 a.m.
DENVER — Denver Mayor Mike Johnston will deliver his first State of the City address at 11:30 a.m. Monday.
9NEWS will livestream the State of the City address in the video player above and on the free 9NEWS+ app on Roku and Fire TV.
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The address is set to happen at the Paramount Theater. Johnston is expected to talk about what he believes to be successes over the past year and announce new promises for next year.
The mayor is expected to talk about his House1000 homelessness initiative. The goal of the project that Johnston campaigned on is to move people experiencing homelessness into shelters and eventually permanent housing.
Last month, 9NEWS reported that the city plans to spend around $155 million on House1000 and All in Mile High between July of last year and the end of this year. That’s about $65 million more than what Johnston said it would cost when he held two news conferences last year.
Earlier this month, Johnston announced a proposal to increase the city’s sales tax by 0.5% to pay for the administration’s housing development goals.
The Affordable Denver Fund would bring Denver’s current 8.81% sales tax rate up to 9.31%, raising an estimated $100 million a year.
The fund would be the second sales tax hike up for voter approval if it makes the ballot in November. The first is a proposed 0.34% increase that would provide additional funding for Denver Health.
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