u.s. department of housing and urban development
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HUD Secretary (and conservative icon) Ben Carson tours Denver
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Given his 2016 presidential bid, which garnered plenty of attention before it fizzled early last year – to say nothing of his longtime renown as a pioneering neurosurgeon and his more recent emergence as a conservative headliner – Dr. Ben Carson’s current tenure as U.S. secretary of housing and urban development seems rather anticlimactic. But…
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Lakewood site turns out to be suitable for homeless housing after all, feds say
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A homeless advocacy coalition took it to the federal government and won. But, it may be more of a lesson in government accountability than David versus Goliath. The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless won a court battle late last month after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) finally declared a 59-acre Lakewood…
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Facing a court order, feds will reconsider whether Lakewood land can serve the homeless
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Whatever the best use might be for some surplus land the government is hoping to auction off at the Federal Center in Lakewood, you’ve got to give due credit to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless for its dogged pursuit of the 59-acre parcel. And it looks like the nonprofit might prevail in its quest.…