Denver’s first investment in city-funded housing vouchers has taken shape with the grand opening of Warren Village at Alameda, an affordable housing community targeting single-parent households. Warren Village at Alameda provides 89 income-restricted apartments, including 79 supportive housing units with wraparound services for households exiting homelessness.
The project, located at 1390 W. Alameda Ave., is the third housing community to be developed by Warren Village, a Denver-based organization focused on helping low-income, single-parent families make the journey from poverty to self-sufficiency. Units range from one to three bedrooms, and the facility includes adult education services and the first early learning center to be co-located at a supportive housing development in Colorado.
“The opening of Warren Village at Alameda is not just about expanding our physical space—it’s about enlarging our capacity to empower and support families who are overcoming homelessness or housing instability,” said Ethan Hemming, president and CEO of Warren Village. “This new facility is a beacon of hope and a testament to what we can achieve together as a community.”
Featuring two separate buildings at three and four stories, the $50.8 million development provides a secure and supportive living environment for single-parent families in need, fostering a path toward self-sufficiency. All units are income restricted for households earning up to 30%, 50% or 80% of the area median income.
A total of 29 of the units include project-based vouchers funded by the City and County of Denver, with 50 other units receiving vouchers from the Denver Housing Authority. This marks the first project in Denver’s history to receive city-funded housing vouchers, which ensures that residents pay no more of 30% of their income on rent, even if they have no income at all. The city vouchers will be provided over 20 years, at a cost of up to $22.7 million from Denver’s Homelessness Resolution Fund.
Denver now joins just a handful of cities nationally that have dedicated local funding to project-based permanent supportive housing. Denver is one of the few U.S. cities to provide project-based rental assistance that mimics the longstanding federal Housing Choice Voucher program.
Denver’s Department of Housing Stability also provided $3,810,000 in gap financing to support construction, as well as a services agreement to provide $1,777,500 in supportive services over 15 years. Other public finance partners include the Colorado Housing & Finance Authority, Colorado Division of Housing, Denver Housing Authority, and federal funding championed by Congresswoman Diana DeGette.
Warren Village at Alameda is made possible through resources from a partnership between the City and County of Denver and DHA. The site was acquired through the “DHA Delivers for Denver” (D3) Program, which utilizes property tax mill levy revenue from Denver’s Affordable Housing Fund, in part, to expedite and expand a pipeline of supportive housing residences.
Warren Village at Alameda is the latest city-supported affordable housing development to open in Denver. A total of 1,484 affordable units that have received city financing are currently under construction/preservation at 21 sites throughout Denver. An additional 1,342 income-restricted units are in the planning stage. Learn more about this inventory at the Denver Affordable Housing Dashboard.
