As Denver courts see record-high eviction cases, Mayor Mike Johnston is slashing the $23 million his administration promised in eviction prevention funding in 2025 by $9 million.

City-funded eviction prevention services came to a halt Friday morning, leaving dozens of clients the city promised to help uncertain about whether that help would actually arrive.

Service providers were left wondering whether they could offer any additional rental assistance support this year, and spent most of the day in conversations with Denver’s Department of Housing Stability. The funding is used to help people catch up on rent in no-payment eviction cases and is used to keep people housed when they would otherwise face homelessness.

The $9 million cut from this year’s budget will be transferred to next y

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