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Denver seeks executive director for Department of Housing Stability
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The City of Denver is on the hunt for its next Department of Housing Stability executive director, a role vacated late last year by Jamie Rife. Along with a generous benefits package, which includes a lifelong monthly pension after five years of service, the salary range for HOST’s top chair, according to the job posting,…
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Colorado Coalition for the Homeless workers rally, citing low pay, high turnover
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Dozens of Colorado Coalition for the Homeless frontline workers and members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 105 rallied Thursday outside of a downtown CCH office building on north Broadway, calling on the nonprofit to address low wages and poor working conditions. The rally also comes on the heels of the city’s recent…
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Denver City Council to revisit cold-weather shelter funding next week
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Funding to pay for hotel rooms and ballrooms to accommodate overflow from the city’s emergency shelter beds during cold-weather activations will have to wait until next week. A resolution was delayed that would have added $450,000 to an existing contract between the city and U.S. Motels North, LLC, for short-term shelter when city-owned emergency shelter…
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Loss of one-time funding sources to impact Denver’s shelter budget
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Denver’s Department of Housing Stability presented its slimmed-down 2026 spending plan on Monday as city budget hearings continue. With a projected general fund request of $71.6 million – down 0.13% from this year – HOST Executive Director Jamie Rife detailed the effects of the city’s loss of one-time federal funding, such as ARPA, for many…
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Denver mayor names Laura Brudzynski as head of housing stability office
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There’s a new chief housing officer in town. Her name is Laura Brudzynski and her work starts on Feb. 2. She will succeed Britta Fisher, who stepped down from the role in Denver’s Department of Housing Stability to lead the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. Brudzynski has worked with the city for nearly a decade…
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New program aims to increase homeownership opportunities in Denver for people of color
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Denver’s Department of Housing Stability announced Wednesday a new housing program aiming to increase homeownership in communities of color historically targeted by practices like redlining. The program, called the metroDPA Social Equity program, provides down payment assistance of $15,000 or $25,000 based on income level to qualifying households through an interest-free, three-year forgivable loan. The…
