{"id":6257,"date":"2016-03-15T20:01:56","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T03:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6257"},"modified":"2016-03-15T20:01:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T03:01:56","slug":"stapleton-struggles-to-keep-up-with-low-income-housing-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6257","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton Struggles to Keep Up with Low Income Housing Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[<a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/low-income-housing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/low-income-housing-300x122.jpg\" alt=\"low income housing\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6258\" \/><\/a>Most can agree that Forest City has historically not done enough to keep up with its original <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/forest-citys-ultimatum-on-town-center-soopers-or-low-income-adobe-units\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">low income housing<\/a> and diversity goals.  The developer has continually added high income housing and even <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/forest-city-introduces-mixed-use-apartment-building-seriously-going-to-be-named-the-mint-town-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">apartment complexes<\/a> meant for those with higher incomes.  \u201cForest City is well behind it\u2019s originally stated socioeconomic diversity goals,\u201d said SUN CAB member Tony McGovern.  \u201cWe have continually spoken with them and tried to work with them to see what can be done.  They usually just tell us things like, \u2018we\u2019ll get there,\u2019 without ever doing anything about it.\u201d\n<!--more-->\nForest City is now taking advantage of a recent situation within the criminal justice system.  \u201cWe read an article recently regarding the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/news\/ci_29622671\/felony-arrests-other-factors-lead-overcrowding-at-denver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">overpopulation of Denver\u2019s prisons<\/a>,\u201d said Forest City Spokesperson Janelle Ayers.  \u201cWe figured, there\u2019s got to be some way we can take advantage of that.\u201d  Ayers and Forest City decided to correct what they have been calling an error all along.  \u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/census-released-sun-forced-to-include-inmate-on-board\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">census data<\/a> includes the jail population,\u201d said Ayers.  \u201cBut, we have never included the jails, and those it houses, as low income or income qualified housing.  At times, there are 1,400 inmates at that facility, of which are definitely in low-income units.  And with that number spiking right now, it definitely makes our numbers better.\u201d\nMcGovern does not appreciate Forest City\u2019s recent census adjustment.  \u201cThe inmates are not a part of the community,\u201d said McGovern.  \u201cIt is not only unfair to count them as low income residents; it\u2019s absolutely insulting to the progress we are trying to make in regards to income-qualified homes for people.\u201d  For its part, Forest City continues to ignore any and all committees involved in diversity and housing.  \u201cWe see this as an error that was simply corrected,\u201d said Ayers.  \u201cHad we noticed this ten years ago, we would have been using it in our statistics all along.  I just hope the criminal justice system keeps pumping people into the system so we can keep our numbers high.\u201d  ]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6257","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-124","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}