HBA of Metro Denver Hosts 4th Annual Housing Affordability Bus Tour

For the fourth year in a row, the HBA of Metro Denver hosted its Housing Affordability Bus Tour for elected officials interested in learning more about our industry’s commitment to housing attainability.  Photos from the day are below ↓ ↓ ↓

Over the course of the day, our group traveled by charter bus to several different developments in different stages of construction to learn more about the main impediments to housing affordability. First, we toured Ascent Builder’s Eiber development in Lakewood currently delivering two- and three-bedroom attainable apartments. Then we headed south to Lone Tree to tour couple of different LIHTC properties being completed by Koelbel, which are offering affordable single family for rent product close to the city’s RTD station. Finally, we visited Lone Tree’s new Lyric Development featuring homes by Lokal and Thrive homebuilders.

By the end of the day, our attendees departed with a good foundational understanding of the major challenges our industry faces when bringing more attainable housing options to market and the innovative solutions builders and developers are implementing to lower costs and improve the quality of life for current and future generations of Coloradans.

We would like to recognize the HBA members who volunteered their time to serve as faculty members for this important event, including Scott Cox, Dave Lemnah, Jason Brown, Luke Cannon, and Stephen Myers. We also want to thank Builders FirstSource for sponsoring this year’s BBQ lunch for our attendees.  Finally, we also want to extend appreciation Mayor Marissa Harman and the City of Lone Tree for participating in the day’s events and being such a great partner with the residential development community.