Colfax group gets $2.8M grant to switch Aurora luxury home project into affordable housing

AURORA | A community nonprofit group received a $2.8 million grant from a state affordable housing fund to build 152 units of housing in northwest Aurora. The East Colfax Community Collective received the grant to acquire land at 1310-1380 Yosemite Street, also known as the Ambience site. Acquisition of the land by the community group marks a turnaround from previous plans for the property, which included luxury townhomes starting at $600,000. The collective has protested against the plans for a few years because of concerns over displacement. In a press release announcing the grant, the collective said it’s looking forward to transforming the 1.34 acre lot into affordable housing and a community space. The state’s grant says the project expects to bring 152 units to the site. “Over the next few years, EC3 will work closely with community members to define the most important needs for the area, and will push forward a project on the site to meet those needs,” the release said.

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