Affordable housing was one of the concerns residents shared with Denver7 during our “Your Voice” special in the City of Fort Collins.
Now Denver7 is following up on one of the city’s latest moves to bring more affordable housing to the area, adding two more acres of land to their Affordable Housing Land Bank.
The new piece of land is located at 1900 Laporte Avenue. It was purchased in partnership with the city’s natural areas department.
Sue Beck-Ferkiss, the social policy and housing programs manager for the city, said this area is “ripe” for redevelopment.
“We are buying land ahead of the demand so we can lock in the price now and have it available for good distribution of affordable housing throughout our community in the future,” Beck-Ferkiss said.
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Once city leaders add land to the Affordable Housing Land Bank Program, they wait a couple of years for the surrounding development and infrastructure to help shape the kind of affordable housing that is placed on the purchased property…