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Affordable Denver Housing
Denver’s city council approved Monday, a decade-long measure with near-immediate goals. In 2017 it will:
- Support development of 500+ income-restricted housing units
- Hike property taxes a half mill and create development (linkage) fees
- Buy $3 million worth of land for future projects
- Help ~250 households with $1.5 million of emergency assistance
Reporter was there when the vote passed and .
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The Rundown
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By The Numbers
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That’s how many metro Denver banks the FBI says the “” has robbed. Take a look at the numbers, .
Quick Hits
+ More Coloradans now . A Colorado woman, whose daughter has struggled for years with drug addicition, .
+ Remember when ? Well, the company , slated to open spring 2017.
+ A black man fatally shot by a white Oklahoman police officer responding to a stalled vehicle .
+ After the domestic attacks in Manhattan, in Minnesota and in New Jersey, . Trump says .
+ New homes in metro Denver .
+ The .
+ You had me at “.”
+ , according to the results of a survey of 4,000 gun owners.
+ .
+ When is acting the internet tough guy ?
+ Kmart’s closing 64 stores, .
+ It’s all the Rockies have left to play for: .
+ The Denver Post’s secretive owners, (which itself is run by ), .
+ Boulder’s drinking water .
+ RIP, . Read , and hear about the play he wrote about a family’s troubles after the father falls in love with a goat.
+ CenturyLink’s laying off 3,000, .
+ Repeat DUI offender .
+ Going to GABF? .
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+ We’ve started adding to our site. Here’s the first article we wrote, .
What We’re Reading
+ The dead girl with .
+ “.”
+ What you get when you .
+ France is testing .
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+ Amazon’s algorithm .
Song of the Day
How many times do you want to rock me? Six? Are you sure? Because that means you’d want to [puts on sunglasses] .
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Hat Tips and Corrections
Remember, if you see something that doesn’t look right or just have a comment, thought or suggestion, email me at jmurphy@denverpost.com or .