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Denver City Council established a permanent, dedicated affordable housing fund Monday night in a vote of 9-4.
The fund was constructed by Mayor Michael Hancock’s...
A committee of Denver council members on Wednesday unanimously approved Mayor Michael Hancock’s plan to create a dedicated fund for affordable housing in the...
Mayor Michael Hancock’s plan to combat Denver’s housing crisis faced doubts about its proposed funding sources in today’s Safety, Housing, and Homelessness Committee meeting....
Mayor Michael Hancock’s plan to support Denverites who are struggling with skyrocketing housing costs is receiving a decidedly mixed response from city council members.
The...
On July 11, Mayor Michael Hancock delivered a “State of the City” address full of soaring, hopeful rhetoric about transportation, equitable development and “innovative...
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s administration says it’s “committed to transparency” about the death last week of Michael Lee Marshall after sheriff’s deputies restrained him...
Big bucks
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock has released his 2016 budget putting $24 million toward the disgraced sheriff’s department, which will be able to hire...
One of Denver’s soon-to-be council members says Michael Hancock’s administration is sidestepping their input on hundreds of millions of dollars in public projects on...