To hire and keep good teachers as housing costs rise, Colorado school districts take...
Originally posted on Chalkbeat by Ann Schimke on December 20, 2016
As Colorado’s housing costs skyrocket, a growing number of school districts, local leaders...
Griego: The unseen reach of an affordable housing crisis
Around 3 p.m. on Sept. 23, Patrick Hale – once married, once living in a lovely Victorian home in north Denver, once driving a BMW...
Denver comes one step closer to winning a $30 million grant to help transform...
The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced that Denver is one of five finalists for a sought-after $30 million grant –...
Denver adopts Hancock’s affordable housing fund
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...
Denver City Council votes tonight on permanent funding stream for affordable housing
Denver City Council will vote tonight for the final time on a proposed dedicated fund for affordable housing.
The fund, which is part of...
“What it was can never again be”: Readers respond to ‘Gone to Market’
Readers had a lot to say about “Gone to Market,” Tina Griego’s first story for The Colorado Independent. The story, part personal, part policy, describes...
Griego: Gone to Market
This past spring, I received a marketing postcard from my former real estate agent in Denver. The card was one of those oversized, glossy...
Hancock’s affordable housing plan met with doubts
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...