Tag: City Council Housing Committee
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Denver advances $3.9 million to expand managed homeless camps
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council will soon vote on a $3.9 million contract to fund the expansion of managed homeless camps after the housing committee unanimously advanced the contract Wednesday. If passed by the full council, the contract would fund at least four camps in the…
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Denver council to consider $3.9M contract for managed homeless camps
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver could spend $3.9 million to expand its managed homeless camp program this year, as the City Council housing committee is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a contract amendment allocating the funds. If approved by the council, the contract would fund at least four camps…
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Denver council to consider first overhaul of Board of Adjustment in 6 decades
For the first time since 1956, the Denver City Council could overhaul the Denver Board of Adjustment after the council’s housing committee approved the changes on Tuesday. The Board of Adjustment hears and decides appeal cases regarding the Denver Zoning Code and Former Chapter 59. If passed by the full council, the proposal would reestablish…
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Denver council advances extension of homeless employment program
The Denver City Council housing committee advanced a contract extension Wednesday that, if approved by the full council, would fund the city’s homeless employment program through the end of the year. The contract, which the committee passed unanimously, would provide $705,300 to Bayaud Enterprises Inc. to administer the Denver Day Works Program through Dec. 31.…
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Denver committee advances $1.25M affordable housing renovation
The Off Broadway Lofts in Five Points may soon be renovated as affordable housing after the Denver City Council housing committee advanced the renovation proposal Wednesday. The committee unanimously passed the proposal, moving it to the full council for two final votes in the coming weeks. If approved, the proposal would give a $1.25 million…
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Denver council advances the city’s 5-year plan to address homelessness
The Denver City Council housing committee approved the city’s new five-year strategic plan to address homelessness Wednesday, moving the plan to the full council for a final vote. The plan was put forward by the Department of Housing Stability with the intention of decreasing homelessness and increasing housing stability and affordability in Denver by the…
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Denver committee OKs $9 million addition to supportive housing program for homeless
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council housing committee approved a more than $9 million addition to a supportive housing program Wednesday, expanding housing placement and treatment for homeless residents. If approved by the full council, this would bring the current $1.2 million contract with Colorado Coalition for…
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Committee OKs $19 million for new affordable apartment complex in East Colfax neighborhood
The Denver City Council will consider a $19-million funding plan for a new affordable apartment complex in East Colfax after the housing committee approved the plan Wednesday. The complex, called the Rose on Colfax, would consist of 82 apartments reserved for tenants who make 70% or below the area median income. That would be an…