utility assistance program
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Energy assistance programs here to help Colorado Springs-area families through government shutdown
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As winter weather and the impacts of the federal government shutdown roll across Colorado, programs are available to help people around Colorado Springs pay their utility bills. Colorado Springs Utilities reminded customers that the federally funded Low-Income Energy Assistance Program, or LEAP, will open for applications on Nov. 1 despite the government shutdown. Smaller programs…
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Denver will use rent subsidies to fill vacant apartments
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Surging rent and an apartment glut have spawned a new Denver pilot program providing housing subsidies to low-income Denverites. A news report from the Wall Street Journal notes that the new program called LIVE, Lower Income Voucher Equity, will help “house teachers, medical technicians and others” in “sparkling new, high-end rental apartments with amenities like…
