Charles S. Gilford

The West Colfax Plan aims to guide public and private decision-making and investment in the West Colfax area over a 20-year period, promoting sustainable growth and integrated land use with transportation. Key strategic goals include creating a distinct sense of place through urban design, preserving historic resources, and promoting high-quality development. It focuses on maximizing land development potential with compact, mixed-use patterns, increasing diverse residential units, and fostering public gathering. Furthermore, the plan seeks to improve multimodal transportation, enhance roadway safety, upgrade infrastructure, and boost economic competitiveness and commercial district image, ultimately ensuring a sustainable future for the community.

Housing an Inclusive Denver is a strategic plan for the City and County of Denver covering 2018-2023, outlining strategies to create and preserve strong, opportunity-rich neighborhoods with diverse, accessible, and affordable housing options for all residents. The plan is structured around four fundamental values: leveraging and enhancing housing investments, fostering communities of opportunity, supporting housing as a continuum, and embracing diversity throughout neighborhoods. Its core goals are to create affordable housing in vulnerable and opportunity areas, preserve affordability and housing quality, promote equitable and accessible housing options, and stabilize residents at risk of involuntary displacement.

The Westridge Master Plan provides a comprehensive blueprint for the redevelopment of Westridge Homes. It outlines goals, design concepts, and redevelopment themes to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community. The plan emphasizes addressing the urgent need for affordable housing by preserving existing units and adding new ones, while prioritizing health, resilience, accessibility, safety, and minimizing displacement. Key elements include enhancing connectivity, creating flexible open spaces, providing high-quality household amenities, and developing a mixed-income, transit-oriented community.

This document outlines the development of a national toolkit designed to expand affordable homeownership opportunities through infill strategies. It aims to address the significant challenges faced by 'missing middle families' in achieving homeownership due to structural barriers. The initiative involves documenting a successful partnership between Friends of DHA and the Denver Housing Authority to deliver wealth-building opportunities. The toolkit seeks to provide a scalable model for cities to build affordable homes and offer essential homeownership education, by integrating policy initiatives, strategic partnerships, and federal funding to create a sustainable framework for future generations.

The budget document includes the FY2021 annual operating budget, which encompasses all DHA programs and funds. The budget was prepared fully compliant with HUD's Asset Management Principles. The document also discusses economic conditions and outlook, HUD budget for 2021, impact of HUD funding cuts, and priorities for the new year. It highlights DHA's mission to serve Denver residents by developing and operating safe, decent, and affordable housing. The document also includes a summary of the adopted budget for 2021, budget highlights and assumptions, and information on the Agency Plan and PHAS score.