Tag: hud
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Colorado Springs focuses on housing stability in awarding federal HUD grants
An experimental yet successful Colorado Springs Municipal Court resource-navigation table where people who are homeless or recently incarcerated can pick up information about how they can obtain housing, food, identification and other necessities will remain staffed inside the courthouse. Lawyers will continue to represent seniors and disabled residents facing eviction. Two new Early Head Start…
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Federal judge signals patience has ended with Gunnison landlords, says he will install new property manager
After nearly 4.5 years spent largely ignoring a nondiscrimination agreement they signed with the federal government, a trio of Gunnison landlords will now have to pay for an independent property manager to implement the terms of the consent decree. In a May 3 order, U.S. District Court Judge Gordon P. Gallagher noted the unusual leniency…
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Feds ask judge to install property manager to address Gunnison landlords’ non-compliance
The federal government has asked a judge to appoint an independent property manager to bring a trio of Gunnison landlords into compliance with a non-discrimination consent decree they have largely ignored for over four years. On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Gordon P. Gallagher called the motion “relatively straightforward” and set a deadline of two…
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Federal judge open to financial penalties after Gunnison landlords continue defying orders
A federal judge on Wednesday appeared to accept that despite going out of his way to accommodate their participation, a trio of Gunnison landlords will continue to disobey his orders and ignore the housing non-discrimination agreement they voluntarily entered into with the government four years ago. At the same time, U.S. District Court Judge Gordon…
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More than 70 volunteers show up for Aurora’s 2024 point in time homeless count
“How did you get out of homelessness?” The question came from Nashayra Montes-Mercado, who asked through tears and hugged Fatima Kiass on Tuesday, crying into her shoulder outside of the small bus she lives in with her partner, Stuart Schwallie, their two children and their dog Ted. Kiass, one of more than 70 volunteers conducting Aurora’s…
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Affordable housing coalition to demonstrate during Colorado Springs’ 150th anniversary celebration
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While city leaders throw a big bash Saturday to mark the 150th anniversary of Colorado Springs’ founding, a coalition that says the community is not doing enough to address the dearth of affordable housing will march to protest skyrocketing rents and a lack of places…
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Affordable housing coalition to demonstrate during Colorado Springs’ 150th anniversary celebration
While city leaders throw a big bash Saturday to mark the 150th anniversary of Colorado Springs’ founding, a coalition that says the community is not doing enough to address the dearth of affordable housing will march to protest skyrocketing rents and a lack of places for low-income residents to live. “Part of what we’d like…