Tag: mayor michael hancock
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...
Hancock’s affordable housing plan goes for council vote, despite many doubts
Denver City Council will cast its first vote this evening on a proposed plan to ease the city’s housing crisis.
As the local economy...
Hancock’s affordable housing plan gets preliminary nod
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...
Committee questions funding for Hancock’s affordable housing plan
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....
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...
Crackdowns on homeless camps follow Hancock’s ‘State of the City’ speech
On July 11, Mayor Michael Hancock delivered a “State of the City” address full of soaring, hopeful rhetoric about transportation, equitable development and “innovative...
Littwin: Michael Marshall didn’t have to die
Denver sheriff's staff restrained Michael Lee Marshall and put a spit guard on his mouth. He choked on his own vomit, lost consciousness and died...
Hancock administration’s “transparency” about Michael Marshall’s death is hard to see
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...
Homebrew: $24 million for sheriff’s department in Denver’s 2016 budget
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...
Incoming councilman accuses Mayor Hancock of sneaking millions in public projects...
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...