Tiny Houses Coming To Denver
DENVER (CBS4) – Denver’s Board of Environmental Health has cleared the way for tiny houses to come to the Mile High City. On Thursday night, the board approved final revisions to Denver’s residential...
View ArticleHome Inspection Trade Organizations Offer Certifications
BOULDER, Colo (CBS4) In a warehouse in Boulder, crews are framing in a house. “So this will be the first time in history that we actually build a house with thousands of defects…intentional defects,”...
View ArticleCrews Break Ground On Affordable Housing In Stapleton
DENVER (CBS4)– Crews broke ground on 165 affordable housing units in Stapleton on Monday. Officials say the townhomes are special because they’re energy efficient which should help low-income families....
View ArticleLandlord Recruiter Finds Homes For Homeless Families
AURORA, Colo (CBS4) – Colorado’s skyrocketing rental market is pushing more and more families into homelessness. Now Aurora is taking a new approach to helping families find a place to call home. Tammy...
View ArticleMobile Home Owners Fight For Their Property
By Jennifer Brice AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – Maria Chavez recently paid off her mobile home in Aurora but discovered the land owners are attempting to rezone. The rezoning proposal attempts to change the...
View ArticleAurora City Council Tables Rezoning Proposal That Could Leave Some Homeless
AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – The Aurora City Council decided Monday night to table a proposal that would rezone the Denver Meadows mobile home park. Residents say rezoning could push them out of their homes...
View ArticleDenver Discusses Plan For Thousands Of Affordable Homes
DENVER (CBS4) – The City of Denver on Wednesday outlined plans to add thousands of affordable homes over the next decade. The goal is to create, preserve or rehab 6,000 homes for low and middle income...
View ArticleHomebuilders Balk At Fees For Affordable Housing
By Suzanne McCarroll DENVER (CBS4) The City of Denver is holding its second public meeting to explain its plan to fund affordable housing in the future. Mayor Michael Hancock wants to create a fund...
View ArticleHabitat For Humanity Breaks Ground On New Affordable Housing Neighborhood
DENVER (CBS4) – What currently looks like just a mound of dirt is in fact very significant for many families in the Denver metro area. Habitat for Humanity is celebrating their groundbreaking on a new...
View ArticleColorado Renter: ‘I Don’t Feel Like Renters Have A Lot Of Rights’
By Libby Smith AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – With an over-abundance of renters in the Denver metro area market, some say landlords are taking advantage of the situation and not doing proper maintenance on...
View ArticleSummit County Voters To Weigh In On Workforce Housing Fund
By Matt Kroschel SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Voters in one resort community will be asked to pay for more affordable workforce housing through an increase to sales tax. The Board of Directors of the...
View ArticleHotline Offers Help to Renters, Homeowners
By Libby Smith DENVER (CBS4) – Rent in the Denver Metro Area is averaging more than $1,000 for even the smallest of places. The market has many low-to-moderate income resident scrambling to find a...
View ArticleApartment Complex Owners Could Be Penalized For Modifications
By Jennifer Brice BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)– The City of Boulder said the property owners of an apartment complex could be penalized for modifications that were made after inspection and also left privacy...
View ArticleDenver City Council Approves Affordable Housing Funds
By Jeff Todd DENVER (CBS4) – Millions of dollars will be available to help with Denver’s affordable housing problem after the city council approved the first affordable housing fund. Denver is the...
View ArticleGroup Aims To Give Renters Protection In Tight Housing Market
DENVER (CBS4)– The City of Denver approved a $150 million fund for affordable housing programs but one group said that’s not enough to help in the housing crunch. The affordable housing fund would help...
View ArticleNeighbors Upset Micro-Apartment Plan Doesn’t Include Parking
By Kelly Werthmann DENVER (CBS4) – Despite an appeal from neighbors, construction of two “micro-apartment” buildings can move forward in Denver. The complex will be built near 16th and Humboldt Street...
View ArticleHomeowners Struggling To Stop Foreclosure
By Libby Smith LITTLETON, Colo (CBS4) – In 2015, there were 4,209 homes sold in foreclosures, that’s down from the 25,054 sold in foreclosure in 2007. As a result of the recession, the government...
View Article220+ Income-Qualified Homes Unveiled In Five Points
DENVER (CBS4) – More than 200 income-qualified apartments were unveiled in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood on Tuesday. City and County of Denver officials were on hand for the grand opening on Welton...
View ArticleSummit County Voters Approve Workforce Housing Fund
By Matt Kroschel BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (CBS4) – Voters in one Colorado resort community have voted yes to pay for more affordable workforce housing through an increase to sales tax there. Preliminary...
View ArticleFamily In Mold Dispute: ‘Time Bombs Behind The Walls’
By Kelly Werthmann LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) – A family in Longmont says poor construction of their new home is making them sick and the builder is ignoring the problem. “We’ve had problems since the day...
View ArticleHousing Hotline Helps Woman At Risk Of Becoming Homeless
By Jennifer Brice ENGLEWOOD, Colo (CBS4) – The clock was ticking for Luella Cole to find a home. She’s now unpacked and settling into her new apartment. Cole recently showed CBS4’s Jennifer Brice...
View ArticleHammers & Angels Help Families In Need
By Jennifer Brice DENVER (CBS4) – For the past four years, radio station KBPI has been asking listeners to nominate families who need help with their homes. Families who have a story that inspires...
View Article‘Discouraging, Frustrating’: Pricey Tools Stolen From Habitat For Humanity
By Lauren DiSpirito BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – A Colorado Habitat for Humanity group is out more than $2,500 after someone stole specialized tools from one of its construction sites. The theft happened...
View ArticleTaxpayer Money To Help Revitalize Neighborhood Near Mile High Stadium
By Jeff Todd DENVER, Colo. (CBS4) – The federal government says Denver and the Denver Housing Authority have a unique plan to revitalize one neighborhood so they’re putting $30 million of taxpayer...
View ArticleDenver’s New Housing Services Office Gets New Director
DENVER (CBS4)– Denver’s Mayor Michael Hancock announced the new executive director of the new Office of Housing and Opportunities for People Everywhere, or HOPE, on Monday. Hancock appointed Erik...
View ArticleMore Affordable Housing Coming To Metro Area
DENVER (CBS4)– City leaders in Denver broke ground on a new affordable housing project on Thursday. The Solis Townhomes will be built on Humboldt Street in the Cole neighborhood. The development will...
View ArticleLawmaker: Bill Will Help Rural Affordable Housing, Businesses
By Shaun Boyd DENVER (CBS4) – State lawmakers are considering a first-of-its-kind effort to help with Colorado’s affordable housing crunch, especially in rural areas. “Obviously there’s a challenge...
View ArticleColorado Lawmakers Make New Push For Construction Litigation Reforms
DENVER (CBS4) – Civic and business leaders are stepping up pressure on lawmakers to pass legislation they say addresses the biggest obstacle to affordable housing in Colorado — construction defect...
View ArticleColorado Ranked Among Worst For First-Time Homebuyers
DENVER (AP) — An analysis from a financial services website ranks Colorado among the worst in the country for first-time homebuyers. Bankrate.com ranked Colorado 43 out of 50 states based on home...
View ArticleTiny Home Village Proposed To House Homeless
By Andrea Flores DENVER (CBS4)– A first of its kind tiny home village could be coming to Denver’s Rino neighborhood as a proposed solution to the homeless problem around the city. Denver Homeless Out...
View ArticleVolunteer Provides Furnishings To Formerly Homeless Families
By Libby Smith ARVADA, Colo (CBS4) – When a family faces homelessness, they often have to leave all but their essentials behind. When that family gets a new house, they have nothing to furnish it. For...
View ArticleFront Range ‘Least Affordable’ Place To Buy A Home In The U.S.
By Melissa Garcia DENVER (CBS4) – A new report finds that Denver and a handful of surrounding counties are among the least affordable places in the country to buy a home. The research, compiled by...
View ArticleNew Affordable Housing Announced, But Some Say Progress Is Too Slow
By Melissa Garcia DENVER, Colo. (CBS4) – A developer on Tuesday announced the opening of a new affordable housing community in Stapleton. For some, however, the building of affordable housing in Denver...
View ArticleRecord Number Of Apartments Built In Denver Metro Area
By Melissa Garcia DENVER (CBS4)– A record-breaking number of new apartments are being built in the Denver metro area. Close to 3,300 new units opened in the first few months of 2017. (credit: CBS) For...
View ArticleNew Affordable Housing Complex Will Have Breathtaking Views
By Shawn Chitnis LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – An old, almost completely abandoned building will become a new apartment development with breathtaking views of the Rocky Mountains and downtown Denver, but...
View ArticleAbandoned Building Transforming Into Affordable Housing
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – Construction crews are breaking ground Thursday afternoon on a new affordable housing complex in Lakewood that was once an abandoned office building. (credit: Metro West...
View ArticleBill Addresses Rental Application Fees: ‘This Is Really About Fairness’
BROOMFIELD, Colo. (CBS4) – It’s tough finding an apartment in Colorado’s tight market. Then add in the application fees — it’s costly — before ever moving in. Now lawmakers are getting interested in...
View Article‘HOPE’ Helps City Tackle Housing For Homeless
By Jennifer Brice DENVER (CBS4)– The City of Denver is launching a coordinated effort to combat homelessness. There is already a dedicated fund of $150 million to create 6,000 affordable homes. Now,...
View ArticleNew Storage Units Benefit The Homeless
DENVER (CBS4) – Storage units now sit on the sidewalk along Lawrence Street and Park Avenue West in downtown Denver. (credit: CBS) The storage units will be there for the homeless to use. The city says...
View ArticleCoffman Introduces Legislation Meant To Help First-Time Homebuyers
AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – As rents skyrocket and incomes remain flat across Colorado and the country, it’s getting harder and harder to save up for a downpayment on a home. Rep. Mike Coffman is proposing...
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