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Denver mayor briefs council on Q1 progress: housing permits, homelessness outreach and climate actions
Summary
The mayor told the City Council the city has committed roughly 1,500,000 sq. ft. of downtown space, issued 2,157 permits in Q1 toward a 5,000-unit permitting target, moved hundreds into shelter or housing, and is scaling clean-energy and youth-work programs. Council members pressed on stalled projects and financing.
Mayor (speaker 2) delivered a first-quarter update to the Denver City Council, outlining progress on several citywide goals including downtown activation, affordable housing, homelessness response, climate projects and youth employment programs.
He said the city has committed about 1,500,000 square feet of downtown office and retail space so far this year — roughly half of a 3,000,000-square-foot target — and highlighted one large development accounting for about 1,100,000 square feet tied to roughly 700 housing units with on-site childcare. "We've done half of that already in just the first quarter," the mayor said.
On housing, the mayor described two parallel targets: bring 2,500 new affordable units online this year and…
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