“When Mary Putman began deploying employment as a tool to end homelessness in metro Denver, helping someone get and keep a job usually led to housing. That was almost a decade ago. In more recent years, a place to live has remained out of reach for people experiencing homelessness who have undergone training and … [Read more…]
“After experiencing years of rapidly escalating rents, tenants in metro Denver are starting to catch a break. According to the Denver Metro Area Apartment Vacancy and Rent Survey, rents have dropped for the second consecutive quarter. The survey, by Ron L. Throupe, Ph.D. of the University of Denver Daniel’s College of Business, and Jennifer … [Read more…]
“Metro Denver apartment rents, historically restrained, have broken off the leash and are running up, up, up — like a loose dog on the trail of a deer. Average metro Denver apartment rents rose 12.2 percent in the fourth quarter and 12.1 percent in the first from the same quarters of 2014. Those back-to-back … [Read more…]