Tag: Affordable Housing
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Adams County seeks public feedback on affordable housing plan, grant funding
Adams County is likely soon to see over $1.3 million in annual grant funding for affordable housing from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and is seeking public input on how best to use the money. The county is creating a consolidated plan for 2025 through 2029 that will lay out how county officials…
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Denver City Council to consider $29M housing bond
Denver’s efforts to solve its affordable housing shortage will take a step forward on Monday night when the City Council introduces a bill to authorize the issuance and sale of a $29 million bond. Last year, the city approved California developer Shea Properties’ conversion of a 124,000-square-foot office building at 4340 S. Monaco St. into…
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Previewing Mayor Mike Johnston’s 2025 Goals; here’s what we know so far
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is expected to focus on homelessness anew this year, although questions abound about where he would get the money to fund his initiatives amid moves by the Trump administration to withhold funds from “sanctuary” cities. Johnston will release goals for the city on Jan. 29 and has already dropped a…
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Helping Aurorans to a brighter future
Across from the Anschutz Medical Campus in the heart of Aurora, the sounds of construction reverberate through the streets. To Jason Janz, they are the sounds of a bright future for hundreds of Aurorans who will move into the under-construction affordable housing complex next year and begin free career training classes at the same facility. …
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Denver creates new manufactured housing zone
Denver is home to approximately 300 mobile homes spread across five mobile home parks, which, up until Monday, were considered “nonconforming” to city code. However, after a unanimous vote on Nov. 25 Monday, Denver City Council approved a map and text amendment that created a new manufactured home community zone. The new zone will ensure…
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Denver City Council to consider manufactured home zoning
Just a week after the Denver City Council approved zoning for accessory dwelling units — also known as “granny flats” — another proposed zoning change could create a new manufactured home community zoning district. During its 5:30 p.m. session Monday, the council will issue a proclamation and hold five public hearings. The proclamation recognizes Dec.…
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Denver City Council OKs Mayor Mike Johnston’s $1.76 billion budget for 2025
The Denver City Council on Tuesday gave Mayor Mike Johnston’s proposed $1.76 billion spending plan for next year the final nod. The council approved the budget unanimously. The approval is more a formality, as the city’s charter says if a vote is not taken by a certain date, the budget, as amended, is approved. The…
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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston cedes affordable housing ballot loss, vows to keep fighting
A few days ago, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s office remained hopeful about a citywide ballot measure to advance his affordable housing priorities. But on Saturday, Johnston conceded Ballot Issue 2R’s failure, which lost at the ballot box by a slim margin. The latest tally showed the ballot measure trailing by fewer than 5,000 votes, despite…
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In rejecting Mayor Mike Johnston’s sales tax hike, Denver voters validate councilmembers’ worries
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s first major ballot initiatives turned out to be a mixed bag. On the one hand, the proposed expansion of the Downtown Development Authority as a means of revitalizing a small section of downtown received support from 81% of voters. The expansion of the authority, known as Ballot Issue 6A, is expected…
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Colorado Health Foundation and partners plan to build new affordable housing project in Denver’s Uptown area
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Less than 24 hours after a divided Denver City Council approved referring a sales tax measure to voters seeking to raise money for affordable housing projects in the city, a group announced a major project for low income residents in Denver’s Uptown area. The Colorado…