Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about affordable housing

The current parking exemption on small lots (left column), would yield much more housing than the parking requirements going to vote in tonight (right column). YIMBY Denver created this chart based on data from Community Planning and Development.

Speak Out Today Against Jolon Clark’s Bid to Make Denver Less Affordable

By David Sachs | Apr 3, 2017 | 3 Comments

More parking requirements are coming. The only question now is, how far in the wrong direction will City Council steer this ship?

One of the Urban Land Conservancy's completed projects, the Evans Station Lofts, created 50 apartments with rents between $380 and $850. Image: Urban Land Conservancy

A Model to Keep Homes Near Transit Affordable

By David Sachs | Feb 13, 2017 | 6 Comments

Housing is in short supply in Denver, and that applies to the areas near transit stations, where people are willing to pay a premium. Will the new transit-oriented development at 48th and Race be affordable to Denverites on the lower half of the income spectrum?

How Can Denver Ensure Longtime Residents Benefit From Better Transit?

By David Sachs | Apr 19, 2016 | No Comments

There are two Denvers, Mile High Connects Executive Director Dace West said Tuesday: The one portrayed in the media as the best place to live, and the one that’s now too expensive for longtime residents to afford. West spoke during the transit advocacy group’s “regional call to action to address our gentrification and displacement crisis.” […]

Affordable Housing Advocate: CDOT Must Pay for Impact of I-70 Widening

By David Sachs | Feb 19, 2016 | 2 Comments

Most DOTs will tell you it’s their job to build roads and highways, plain and simple. Whatever gets in the way of that, well, that’s not their problem. In the case of Colorado DOT’s I-70 expansion, it’s residents of Globeville, Elyria, and Swansea who are in the way. At the project’s onset, CDOT will bulldoze 56 homes and 18 […]