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Denver Housing Authority and Denver Health Collaborate on Rx for Unsheltered Patients

By: Leslie Petrovski Posted on March 1, 2022 Seven thousand two hundred and sixty two. That’s how many people Denver Health Medical Center served in 2020 who reported, they had no homes. The number was likely higher, because it didn’t account for people staying with friends, family or living in motels. While most of these […]

How Colorado’s EV charging network could expand

By: Axios Posted February 24 2022 The Biden administration kicked off a $5 billion program this month to expand electric vehicle charging networks nationwide. The investment could help address huge barriers to EV purchases in Colorado, including a dearth of charging stations. Why it matters: Gov. Jared Polis launched an ambitious goal of putting nearly 1 million electric vehicles […]

National, local leaders visit DHA’s Mariposa neighborhood in Denver.

Posted February 25, 2022. Today, Secretary Buttigieg, Senator Bennet, Senator Hickenlooper, Representative Perlmutter, Governor Polis, Mayor Hancock, delegation members, community advocates, residents, David Nisivoccia, CEO of Denver Housing Authority, and other city leaders participated in a conversation with transportation advocates and residents at the Mariposa Housing District owned by Denver Housing Authority. They discussed the […]

Affordable Housing in Denver Is Scarce and the Denver Housing Authority Is Stepping In

By: HILAL BAHCETEPE Posted February 17 2022. Denver has changed quite a bit over the past decade. The population is growing at record rates, while affordable housing initiatives on the state level have stayed on the back burner as developers have reeled in on a booming housing market. “Last year the real estate market went up 20% […]

In Denver’s brutal housing market, hitting the voucher lottery might not be enough

Program no match for “brutality of market forces” in metro area when rents have risen 17% in last year By: JOE RUBINO Posted at 6:00 AM, Jan 27, 2022 It was 12:01 a.m. when an annual ritual for some low-income Denverites began anew. The Denver Housing Authority opened its lottery for Section 8 housing choice vouchers, the […]

Denver must build more than 50,000 affordable homes to meet demand. The city’s largest affordable housing developer can build around 300.

The city’s largest affordable housing developer can’t keep up with the need. By: Kyle Harris Posted at 1:06pm, Jan 28,2022 Housing prices for renters and owners are sky high, while homes are in short supply. According to the latest Census, over 115,000 newcomers moved to Denver over the past decade and more are coming every day, putting […]

Affordable housing hub gives homes, jobs and fresh food

By: Alexa Liacko Posted at 9:09 AM, Jan 28, 2022 and last updated 10:12 AM, Jan 28, 2022 DENVER, Colo. — The United States is nearly 7 million rental homes short of what’s needed to house low-income families, but the infrastructure bill could invest $150 billion into affordable housing to help fill that gap. Some cities are already building […]

Denver Housing Authority Announces 2022 Priorities Including Building Thousands of New Housing Options in Denver

To support its growth and ensure equity, DHA launches new brand look and feel website Denver, Colo., January 26, 2022 – Denver Housing Authority (DHA) announced its 2022 priorities which include delivering thousands of new housing options in the city. Efforts include continuing towards adding 1,300 units through the DHA Delivers for Denver (D3) housing initiative; continuing efforts […]

The Long Way Home: How DHA Empowers Low- Income Denverites to Purchase Homes

Renee Vasquez had a hard time imagining what it would be like to leave Westwood Homes, the West Denver public housing complex, where she had lived for many years. When she moved in with her baby daughter in 2008, she was a single mom and insecurely housed, bouncing from her aunt’s to friends’ to a […]

Denver Johnson & Wales campus already transforming under new owners

By JOE RUBINO | jrubino@denverpost.com | The Denver PostNovember 30, 2021 25-acre former college in South Park Hill hosting culinary programs, K-8 school, affordable housing up next Five months after Denver Public Schools, the Denver Housing Authority and nonprofit Urban Land Conservancy teamed to buy the 25-acre Johnson & Wales University property in northeast Denver, change is starting. A pair of […]