Monday, December 31, 2018

Calderon challenges weaknesses in Denver affordable housing strategy in Christmas Eve tweet storm

On the heels of a Denver Auditor report which harranges Denver Mayor Michael Hancock for pervasive mismanagement of the city's affordable housing program, Lisa Calderon, a Regis University professor and candidate for mayor tossed a tweetstorm.

"This audit revealed serious errors in the way the Office of Economic Development was running the program," Auditor O'Brien said. "Planning organizing monitoring activities could keep our already too small affordable housing supply from jeopardy."

According to the audit, the city has both overpriced and underpriced homes. Additionally, the Office of Economic Development was not properly determining income eligibility to ensure monthly housing payments were affordable. The agency also did not accurately collect fees from developers meant to fund affordable housing.

Affordable housing is defined as housing for which occupants pay no more than 30 percent of their gross income for housing costs. In the case of owned housing, this includes mortgage payments, taxes, insurance and homeowners' association dues.

The Auditor also identified an instance where the Hancock administration  took years to recover $1.5 million from a developer, years in which the funds could have been used for affordable housing.

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