AltWeeklies Wire
Legally, it doesn't take much for a guest to stake a claim to your homenew
He does have a toothbrush ...
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
12-18-2013 |
Housing & Development
Complex Equationnew
If anything's booming in building, it's apartments.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
11-03-2011 |
Housing & Development
The Perils of Buying a Housenew
In Colorado Springs, there is little to prevent you from moving into a former meth lab, and even less protecting you if you do. One family learned these lessons the hard way.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
10-27-2011 |
Housing & Development
Taking Off in Stylenew
Colorado Springs airport gets a big-money makeover.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
09-01-2011 |
Housing & Development
Life in Limbonew
Apply for a home loan modification, and you're putting your future on the line.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
04-28-2011 |
Housing & Development
Rental Rematch in Colorado Springsnew
The fight over regulating the city's vacation houses gets nasty, again.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
04-15-2011 |
Housing & Development
'Completely Trashed'new
How did one downtown Colorado Springs building go from art school to eyesore in a matter of months?
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
11-22-2010 |
Housing & Development
Homeless Program in Colo. Springs Faces Funding Issuesnew
C-C Boarding Home Annex's homeless outreach program has given Colorado Springs' homeless population a place to stay, but the program's grant is running out.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
04-01-2010 |
Housing & Development
Wrangling Over a Long-Dormant Parcel May Alter the Future of South Nevadanew
A member of City Council wants to help clean up this lot and turn it into a campground and RV park, as it once was in its KOA days, but this time for the homeless and working poor. Considering the plot's location, it seems an ideal plan.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
03-04-2010 |
Housing & Development
Gassed Up: Large Institutions Get a Price Break For Virtually Nothingnew
Seventeen institutions, including The Broadmoor and Colorado College, get a generous price break by signing up for interruptible utilities rates. Yet, they're rarely interrupted, so guess who pays for their price break? Everybody else offsets what could amount to millions of dollars annually.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
02-04-2010 |
Housing & Development
Winter worries in Tent Citynew
Colorado Springs' Tent City teems with serious problems: illness, garbage, dangerous situations. But at this point, remedies are few.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
12-17-2009 |
Housing & Development
What's the Story With all Those Tents Downtown?new
The day I met Korrina Fisher, it was so blasted cold that your saliva froze on your front teeth. Korrina came out from a back room at the homeless center and sat down. She put her hands together in her lap, hunched over, hung her head, and peered over at me with her blue eyes.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
12-17-2009 |
Housing & Development
Two years after a foreclosure disaster, one Colorado county is still stuck with a messnew
The phenomenon of squatters staying in bank-owned homes has been widely reported. In Colorado Springs, it's rare. But here, some have even twisted the model, living reclusively in what should be a government-owned home.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
11-30-2009 |
Housing & Development
Ms. Money Comes to Manitou Springsnew
Is director of economic development Kitty Clemens bringing prosperity, or just dissension, to Manitou?
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
08-04-2009 |
Housing & Development
Residents Bemoan the Heat at Colorado Springs Homeless Centernew
Residents of the R.J. Montgomery New Hope Center say the center's conditions are unsanitary and unsafe, while the director swears it's cool and clean.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
07-16-2009 |
Housing & Development
