“From the jazz clubs on Friday evening to the church pews on Sunday morning and all the soul food you could eat in between, Denver’s Five Points neighborhood represented the heart and the hub of the city’s black community for more than half the 20th century. In the new millennium, the place where five … [Read more…]
“DENVER, CO — Tuesday, January 29, 2019 — A popular housing assistance program, promoting stability among residents facing a housing crisis and possible eviction, has been extended to serve additional households throughout 2019. Denver City Council last night approved two separate contracts which together provide an additional $2 million in funding for Denver’s Temporary … [Read more…]
“A FOX31 Problem Solvers investigation found that a policy analyst for the Denver City Council used the city’s affordable housing program to help himself financially in a way the city never intended. Zachary Rothmier is accused of using the city’s affordable housing program to rent out a condo he bought at a discount to … [Read more…]
“Denver hit a milestone on Wednesday, opening it’s 3,000th affordable housing unit in the last four years. Mayor Michael Hancock has a ‘3×5 Initiative’ to open 3,000 affordable housing units in five years. He hit that mark one year early with the ribbon-cutting of the Ash Street Apartments at 11th Avenue and Ash Street, … [Read more…]
“A proposed 24-unit mixed-income townhome development in Five Points is a drop in the bucket when it comes to addressing Denver’s affordable housing shortfall. But the project illuminates a very real challenge of building for-sale housing within reach of those who make less than area median income. Tremont Place Townhomes will feature 16 market-rate … [Read more…]