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Low-income residents could be on the move South Metro Housing Options wants to sell or demolish 71 homes BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Jackie Chavez was finally starting to feel settled. Chavez, 28, spent her younger years moving from place to place in east Denver, with her young children in tow. Three years ago, she landed a twobedroom duplex in north Littleton, after three years on a waiting list through South Metro Housing Options, which administers federally-funded, low-income housing in the Littleton area. Chavez pays 30% of her income in rent, which has ranged from $800 a month when she moved in, to $78 a month during a recent bout of unemployment, and will soon rise when she starts her new job as a dental assistant. It took a while for Chavez, who is raising her three kids on her own — ages 7, 5, and three months — to feel at home after so much roaming. Keeping her rent at a third of her income helps ensure a good life for her children amid Denver’s sky-high housing prices while she establishes herself in life, she said. On the tree-lined cul de sac overlooking Powers Park, just blocks from her kids’ elementary school, Chavez hoped to stick it out for the long haul. SEE HOUSING, P19
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