affordable housing
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Builders say state’s push fails to create more affordable housing
What’s the secret sauce for making homes more affordable in Colorado? That’s the question that renters are asking when the median price of a home — now $550,000 — ranks Colorado as one of the least affordable places to live in the nation. Fourth or fifth from the bottom, according to some rankings. Colorado is…
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Denver ramps up efforts to increase affordable housing
With a population of more than 729,000 and growing, the city of Denver has long struggled with an unaffordable housing market and needs to create close to 44,000 affordable units over the next decade, according to the city’s Department of Housing Stability. The median sale price of a home in Denver stands at $584,500, up…
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Affordable housing plan stalled as Denver rejects property buy
A resolution that would have pulled $2.5 million out of the city’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) contingency fund to purchase a former Goodyear auto repair shop in the city’s Central Business District has failed. Members of the Denver City Council voted 7 to 4 on Tuesday to reject the plan to purchase the property at…
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Lakewood City Council approves zoning map
Lakewood finalized the last ordinance for its nearly 400-page zoning code proposal on Monday and approved the zoning map, ending a heated process that had sparked controversy in the city since the beginning of the year. The final ordinance of the new Lakewood zoning code was approved with an 8-3 vote during the City Council…
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Lakewood City Council approves reconfiguring of single-family zoning
The controversial section of Lakewood’s new proposed planning document that aims to add more affordable housing to the city was approved Monday evening. The Lakewood City Council approved an amended version of Article 3 of the city’s 2026 zoning code proposal — a 400-page planning document covering residential, commercial and mixed-use site design standards, parking…
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Gov. Jared Polis restricts list of grants worth $277M to ‘pro-affordable housing’ communities
Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday followed up on a May executive order that would limit hundreds of millions in state grants to only communities that adhere to new laws on housing, land use and parking restrictions. In May, the governor had threatened to pull at least $100 million in funding from local governments that have…
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Widefield School District announces Housing for Educators program
A new housing program will provide affordable homes for selected Widefield School District 3 staff members while allowing Colorado Springs-area construction students to put their skills to good use, the district announced last week. The initiative, called Housing for Educators, is a collaborative effort between District 3, Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity, and Careers in…
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Widefield School District announces Housing for Educators program
A new housing program will provide affordable homes for selected Widefield School District 3 staff members while allowing Colorado Springs-area construction students to put their skills to good use, the district announced last week. The initiative, called Housing for Educators, is a collaborative effort between District 3, Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity, and Careers in…
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Aurora nonprofit develops affordable housing, career development campus
Across from the Anschutz Medical Campus in the heart of Aurora, the sounds of construction reverberate through the streets. To Jason Janz, it’s 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. “The…
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Lauren Boebert, Trisha Calvarese clash over economic issues in debate
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and Trisha Calverese on Tuesday clashed over housing, inflation and government spending in their only debate so far in the race for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District. But they also agreed on a few things. Both said they would oppose foreign interests buying up America’s farmlands. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); The two candidates…