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Mayor: Federal and state voucher cuts reduced planned housing exits, slowing permanent-housing goals
Summary
City officials told the Denver City Council that cuts to rental vouchers from federal, state and partner agencies have reduced the number of planned housing exits this year, leaving the city behind its midyear target for permanent housing placements even as transitional placements exceed goals.
Mayor (name not specified) told the Denver City Council during a midyear goals briefing that cuts to rental vouchers and slower federal processing have trimmed the city’s expected exits into permanent housing. The mayor said the city has so far created about 1,100 affordable units this year, behind a midpoint target of 3,000, and that while the city has moved more than 1,500 people from the street into transitional housing (above a 2,000-year goal’s midpoint) only about 743 people have exited into permanent housing so far — short of the 1,000 target at midyear. The mayor said, “We are seeing right now so far a cut of about a 180…
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