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Two More Affordable For-Sale Projects Are Underway in Stapleton

November 1, 2017 / John Fernandez / Affordable Housing, Announcements, Community Issues, Development, Home & Garden / 1 Comment

Northeast Denver Housing Center (NDHC) has begun site work for two affordable, for-sale housing projects in the southwest quadrant of Stapleton: 40 units along the west side of Central Park Blvd. between 21st Ave. and Xanthia Way, and 23 units on the north side of 21st Ave. between Spruce and Tamarac streets. Dominique Acevedo, NDHC deputy director, says all of the units are under contract with an estimated move-in scheduled for late summer through fall of 2018.

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“New Approaches” Needed to Complete Stapleton Affordable For-sale Homes

September 1, 2017 / John Fernandez / Affordable Housing, Central Park, Denver News, Development, Families / No Comments

The City of Denver has concluded “it is possible” that Forest City can meet its obligation to provide a minimum of 10 percent “affordable” for-sale housing in Stapleton by the time buildout of market rate homes is completed.

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How Do New Neighborhoods Stapleton and Lowry Differ from Denver as a Whole?

June 1, 2017 / Carol Roberts / Affordable Housing, Community Issues, Denver News, Families, National Issues / 1 Comment

A recent study of “Housing Affordability in Stapleton” presents a demographic profile comparing Stapleton, Lowry, the city of Denver, and metro Denver.

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PCMD Agrees To Pay WCMD Expenses for Legal Counsel

June 1, 2017 / John Fernandez / Affordable Housing, Central Park, Community Issues, Community Organization, Development / No Comments

The Park Creek Metropolitan District (PCMD) has agreed to pay the Westerly Creek Metro District’s (WCMD) costs for independent legal counsel.

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Fee on Stapleton Home Sales May Go Toward Affordable Housing

June 1, 2017 / John Fernandez / Affordable Housing, Central Park, Community Issues, Families / No Comments

Every residential and commercial sale in Stapleton pays the “community investment fee”—one-quarter of 1 percent of the property’s sale price (after the first $100,000).

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A New Chapter in a Long Love Story: Taylor and Garrett Norwell have been best friends since age 10.

May 1, 2017 / Affordable Housing, Community Issues, Denver News, Development, Families, Home & Garden, Kids, Parenting, People, State Issues / No Comments
A New Chapter in a Long Love Story

Meeting new neighbors has been a recurring fact of life in Stapleton as homes spring up at a rate of about 600 a year. Two of those new neighbors, Taylor […]

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Tires Slashed on 54 Vehicles —Neighbors Step In

March 1, 2017 / Melinda Pearson / Affordable Housing, Announcements, Community Issues, Families, Public Safety / No Comments

In four separate incidents from Dec. 31 through Feb. 7, numerous residents of the Northfield Apartments, an income-qualified rental complex in Conservatory Green, had their tires slashed. In total, 54 vehicles in the parking lot and surrounding streets were vandalized by an unknown suspect(s), with some vehicles damaged more than once.

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City Answers Questions about Affordable Housing

March 1, 2017 / John Fernandez / Affordable Housing, Central Park, Community Issues, Development / No Comments

At the Feb. 21 SUN meeting, Mayor Michael Hancock said the issue of affordable housing in Stapleton has been a “challenging one.”

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Possible New Role for the Stapleton Foundation?

December 1, 2016 / John Fernandez / Affordable Housing, Central Park, Community Issues / No Comments

Landri Taylor, Stapleton Foundation executive director, announced at the November CAB meeting a study into how the foundation could assist buyers in making down payments on affordable homes.

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City Casts Doubt On Affordable Housing’s Future at Stapleton

December 1, 2016 / John Fernandez / Affordable Housing, Central Park, Community Issues, People, Politics / No Comments

The city of Denver will not enforce the Green Book vision for rental housing at Stapleton. “While the Stapleton Development Plan (Green Book) is mentioned in the Development Agreement as ‘principles’ to be adhered to, the Development Agreement does not adopt those principles as enforceable terms,” says Denver’s housing director Rick Padilla.

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