u.s. department of housing and urban development
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Colorado housing agencies receive nearly $600,000 to help curb veteran homelessness
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Curbing veteran homelessness in Colorado made headway this week as multiple state housing agencies received almost $600,000 in the form of permanent housing vouchers. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, under its “HUD-VASH” housing voucher program, awarded 66 housing agencies across the nation a total…
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Denver City Council to approve $8 million in airport related contracts
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The Denver City Council has 34 resolutions on its agenda ahead of today’s weekly 3:30 p.m. meeting. There are 13 bills being introduced from various committees and 11 that are on final consideration. There is one public hearing. Here’s a list of the major happenings during council today: Contracts and Resolutions: 22-1568, 22-1569 and 22-1570:…
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Colorado to distribute $6 million to Marshall Fire victims rebuilding homes
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Colorado can directly distribute $6 million to victims of the Marshall Fire to help with rebuilding efforts, thanks to newly granted permission from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), according to a news release. HUD officials are allowing Colorado to directly administer the $6 million in Community Development Block Grant funds, waiving…
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Despite objections, Denver City Council approves Sun Valley Redevelopment Area
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The Denver City Council on Monday approved the Sun Valley Homes Urban Redevelopment Plan. The move creates an urban redevelopment area, complete with a property and sales tax increment area. The council voted, 11-1, to approve the bill, with Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca being the sole “no” vote. CdeBaca did not explain publicly why she voted against…
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Denver houses nearly 600 people in 100 days
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Denver recently housed nearly 600 people during a 100-day housing initiative, but fell short of its goal of getting 400 households experiencing homelessness a place to live. The initiative began in February and aimed to house 400 households through housing vouchers. At the end of the 100 days, 597 people from 359 households were housed…
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HUD chief Ben Carson tours Aurora complex, touts partnerships to ease housing crisis
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After meeting with an older couple who sang the praises of their new, affordable rental unit, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson surveyed the view from the fourth-floor deck of the Aurora apartment complex – Pikes Peak barely visible through a slight haze that clung to the foothills – and then paused for…
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Feds reject plans for Lakewood homeless campus
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An advocacy group’s plans for a sprawling Lakewood facility to help house those experiencing homelessness took a blow late last week. Details are sparse, but the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rejected the plans after reportedly finding issues with advocacy group Colorado Coalition for the Homeless’ (CCH) financing proposal, Westword reports. The…
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Lakewood councilman: Fed center site a poor choice for homeless campus
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It’s been the resounding message from city officials and vocal residents in Lakewood: A 59-acre site near the Denver Federal Center in Lakewood is a poor choice for a large-scale homeless facility. The sentiment is also the upshot of a new guest commentary from Lakewood City Councilman Charley Able appearing in the Denver Post on…
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HUD’s Ben Carson drops in on Colorado’s homeless coalition
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We took note the other day of U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson’s two-day stopover in Denver this week to address a meeting of mortgage bankers and, per the protocols of his job, to tour publicly assisted housing in the area. Included was a visit to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless,…
