Current Initiatives

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Policy

At the both the state and local level, NDC pushes for access to quality housing at all price points

NDC Guide to 2022 Midterm Ballot Measures

Oct 25, 2022

Current Initiatives State Measures Prop 121 - Income Tax Rate ReductionNOBallot Measure: Reduction of the state income tax rate for individuals and corporations from 4.55% to 4.40%Rationale: With current budget forecasts, for the next few years this change would...

NDC Supports Proposition 123

Oct 25, 2022

Neighborhood Development Collaborative stands in favor of Proposition 123. We've joined a growing coalition of 225+ organizations and local community leaders supporting this measure, which is on statewide ballots on November 8, 2022. We believe voting yes on...

NDC Works with NCRC to Guide Bank’s Investment Strategy in CO

Nov 18, 2021

Current Initiatives More often than not, small community organizations have not had a voice in influencing the decisions and actions of large financial institutions, decisions and actions that have direct impacts on our lives. Today, that is starting to change. More...

Belligerent, Boldfaced, and Bad – 4 Anti-Housing Ballot Measures to Vote Down

Oct 30, 2021

Current Initiatives The truest test of one’s values is how they hold up, not in times of plenty, but in times of duress. Accordingly, Ballot measures 2F, 301, 303, and 304 presented to voters this year represent a profound test of Denver’s character. If they are voted...

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Updates

NDC and member organizations are always striving to bring more housing options to metro-Denver

Walden35 Groundbreaking Event a Success

Oct 14, 2022

Current Initiatives On August 17, 2022, we celebrated the groundbreaking of Walden35. AHA's Executive Director, Craig A. Maraschky, along with Housing Developer, Sarah Vogl, introduced special guests Governor Jared Polis, Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman, Councilmember Steve...

Bennet Tours Habitat for Humanity Project

Feb 6, 2022

Current Initiatives Denver –– Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Maiker Housing Partners Executive Director Peter LiFari joined Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver CEO Heather Lafferty for a tour of Aria Homes by Habitat, an affordable housing...

Aurora Housing Authority Awarded Tax Credits for Affordable TOD

Nov 12, 2021

Current Initiatives Aurora, CO – November 12, 2021 – The Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) awarded the Housing Authority of the City of Aurora (AHA) $970,004 in state Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) to build the second phase of Peoria Crossing. The...

Media

Press coverage of the most recent NDC and member projects across the Front Range

Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Is Building for the Future

Westword | September 22rd, 2022

Aurora breaks ground on affordable housing developmentHere’s the latest on the historic Johnson and Wales University campus in South Park Hill

CBS Colorado | August 17th, 2022

A developer on Denver’s housing crisis: ‘There are never going to be enough resources to solve this in the ways that we’ve been trying to solve it’

Denverite | March 17th, 2022

Denver must build more than 50,000 affordable homes to meet demand. The city’s largest affordable housing developer can build around 300.

Denverite | January 28th, 2022

Denver’s program to house people who were homeless was so successful, the federal government is offering millions more to expand it

The Colorado Sun | Nov 19, 2021