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Week of August 11, 2022

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO

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VOLUME 102 | ISSUE 26

Colorado supply of homes rises, prices still climb Ripple effects of inflation bring change BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

and rental units at below marketrate prices in the city. “In today’s environment with our affordable housing issues and just the lack of units, we really do need to be creative,” Reitz said. One project, spearheaded by South Metro, began in controversy after the housing authority decided

From June 2021 to June this year, the number of active listings for single-family homes in the Denver metro area jumped up by about 52%. Statewide, the number saw about a 43% uptick. But despite the larger pool of options, home prices continue to climb. The median sales price rose 11% statewide in that same time, and it increased by about 11% in the Denver metro area, where the median sales price sat at a staggering $647,500 as of June. The good news? The 11% price bump represents a notably smaller year-over-year increase than Colorado had endured each month over the past year, according to a report by the Colorado Association of Realtors. The jump in the supply of available homes means buyers now have a better chance of purchasing a house, but prices in metro Denver and Colorado at large remain notoriously expensive. “The story here, just to be frank, is not that all the sudden the market has drastically changed — it’s that it mellowed out compared to 2021 and 2020,” said Matthew Leprino, a Realtor based in metro Denver. “The current state of Colorado’s housing market is not that different from 2019.” Already sky-high housing prices saw a spike after the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, but the

SEE HOUSING, P6

SEE REPORT, P12

Recent shootings come amid backdrop of increased gun crime 2021 saw spike in violent crimes BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A string of shootings in Littleton and Englewood this summer comes after a major surge in violent

crimes involving guns last year, data shows. In 2021, Littleton saw 25 violent crimes involving guns, up from 16 in 2020, according to data from the Colorado Department of Public

Safety. The numbers were far higher in Englewood, which saw 84 violent crimes involving guns in 2021, up from 17 in 2020. The spike is the largest uptick in gun presence for both areas in the 10 years of data that was analyzed SEE CRIME, P9

Affordable housing projects move forward in Littleton Groups come together for common cause BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton’s housing authority and Habitat for Humanity are forging ahead with plans to provide more

low-cost homes in Littleton — with more than a dozen units sold so far. During a presentation to city council Aug. 2, Corey Reitz, executive director for the housing authority — now known as South Metro Housing Options — and Mike Kreiner, volunteer resource director for Habitat for Humanity, updated city leaders on two major projects aimed at providing for-sale

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BEING PART OF THE ART Local venues pull viewers into the performance

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