Tag: Jamie Rife
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Denver seeks executive director for Department of Housing Stability
The City of Denver is on the hunt for its next Department of Housing Stability executive director, a role vacated late last year by Jamie Rife. Along with a generous benefits package, which includes a lifelong monthly pension after five years of service, the salary range for HOST’s top chair, according to the job posting,…
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Denver City Council to mull spending $30M on homeless services
The Denver City Council will consider a trio of resolutions totaling $30 million to support the city’s efforts to shelter the homeless. The first is a resolution to approve a $14 million, two-year agreement between the city and Bayaud Works, LLC for services supporting 205 family shelter units at the Tamarac Family Shelter, near I-25…
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Jamie Rife to depart as head of Denver’s housing stability program
Jamie Rife, the head of the city’s Department of Housing Stability (HOST), will step down from her post at the end of the month, according to a news release by Mayor Mike Johnston’s office late Wednesday afternoon. Rife, who was appointed by Johnston and has held the position for just under two years, will become…
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Denver to offer developers tax incentives to build middle-income housing
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is aiming to convince middle-income families that the city is “affordable” with a new pilot program seeking to build more units for those with an annual income between $60,000 and $100,000. He plans to achieve this by offering property tax incentives…
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World War II veteran Charles Burrell honored with affordable housing development in Five Points
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver leaders gathered to celebrate the grand opening of a new affordable housing development named in honor of jazz musician and World War II veteran Charles Burrell. Burrell has been called the “Jackie Robinson of jazz music” and is a world-renowned bassist. He was the…
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Denver mayor appoints new leader for housing stability department
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston on Tuesday appointed a new director for the city’s primary agency tackling the homelessness crisis. Johnston appointed Jamie Rife, executive director of the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative, to become the next director of the city’s Department of Housing Stability. The department oversees the city’s affordable housing efforts, plus rental and homeowner…
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Denver’s homelessness prevention efforts improved, but panelists agree plenty of work remains
Despite Denver’s recent multi-year effort to ramp up services to prevent homelessness, Denver’s Office of Housing Stability officials got an earful of criticism — and suggestions for improvement — Friday from area homeless advocates and homeless people themselves. The housing stability office empaneled a group of subject matter experts for a discussion on the city’s burgeoning…
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Think tank’s economist publicly lambasts homeless study but privately has ‘no problems’ with method
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While the Colorado Fiscal Institute publicly lambasted a report on homelessness, the senior economist prominently cited in its criticism said he privately has no problems with the methodology in a text exchange with one of the study’s authors. “I dug deep into your research methodology and had no problems with it especially giving the range,” Colorado…
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Colorado think tanks spar over homelessness spending report
Colorado’s think tanks on Friday sparred over a new report saying the cost of tackling homelessness in metro Denver is on track to cost $2 billion over three years, with critics calling the study unreliable, even intentionally misleading, and authors standing squarely behind their research, insisting it’s transparent and accurate. If the intense criticism and…