Tag: David Zucker
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Denver ramps up efforts to increase affordable housing
With a population of more than 729,000 and growing, the city of Denver has long struggled with an unaffordable housing market and needs to create close to 44,000 affordable units over the next decade, according to the city’s Department of Housing Stability. The median sale price of a home in Denver stands at $584,500, up…
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Denver City Council delays public hearing for West Colfax affordable housing project
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The Denver City Council on Tuesday unanimously rejected a public hearing scheduled for next month to address a proposed affordable housing development in the city’s Sloan’s Lake neighborhood. The council rejected consideration of the required public hearing “so issues can be ironed out,” according to District 5 Councilmember Amanda Sawyer. In April 2019, the council…
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Denver vacant offices to housing? The devil is in the details, developers say
At a moment when new studies indicate that housing will stay a serious crisis in Denver despite a slower-paced real estate market, some new apartments that were created from an older downtown office are set to open next month. The city is studying whether other offices left vacant after the pandemic can help boost the…
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Colorado Chamber panel: Lack of affordable housing driving more homelessness
Colorado’s lack of affordable housing has worsened homelessness here, and the problem is going to get worse before it gets better. That’s according to a panel that included a developer, a representative from the Downtown Denver Partnership and the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless and others who presented to business leaders at a Colorado Chamber…