丹佛市：三块房屋局地块拟改分区建可负担连栋住宅，市议会10月13日听证
丹佛市的可负担住房建设计划本周迎来关键节点。市规划委员会已于8月19日全票通过建议，将丹佛房屋局（Denver Housing Authority）位于巴纳姆（Barnum）与西巴纳姆社区的三处地块重新分区，推进与人居署（Habitat for Humanity）合作、面向低收入家庭的连栋住宅（tandem homes）自住项目。市议会定于10月13日举行公开听证。
据地方媒体 The Badger 援引市府工作人员报告报道，此次改分区涉及的三处地址为北黑兹尔法院76号（76 N. Hazel Court）、北耶茨街80至90号（80–90 N. Yates Street）和西三街4519号（4519 W. 3rd Avenue）。改区后地块将从仅限单户住宅的 E-SU-Dx 分区转为允许单户与双户住宅的 E-TU-C 分区，从而容纳包括连栋住宅在内的更多住宅形态，但不直接批准任何具体开发项目或开工许可。
这批住宅是房屋局“SF+ 可负担自住试点项目”第一期的组成部分。根据市府推介材料，购房人家庭年收入不得超过地区中位数收入（AMI）的80%。市议会社区规划与住房委员会已于9月1日以5比0投票推进该法案，市规划部门工作人员也建议批准，认为改区符合已采纳的规划方向，也与社区低密度住宅的现状相符。
并非所有人都支持。邻居阿伦·马德里·阿克索兹（Aaron Madrid Aksoz）在8月27日致市议员杰米·托雷斯（Jamie Torres）的信中表示反对，担心北黑兹尔法院76号现有房屋的状况以及施工带来的干扰。市府报告也指出，耶茨街地块可能需要进行地块合并调整（zone-lot amendment），才能支持计划中的连栋住宅布局。
丹佛市近年来住房可负担性持续吃紧，中低收入家庭购房门槛不断抬高。此次试点若获市议会通过，将成为房屋局在自有土地上与公益组织合作建房的一次新尝试：房屋局出地、人居署建房，面向中位数收入80%以下家庭出售。听证结果将决定这一合作模式能否在巴纳姆落地。
Denver Housing Authority tandem-home rezoning heads to City Council hearing Oct. 13
Denver's Planning Board unanimously recommended on Aug. 19 that the city rezone three Denver Housing Authority properties in the Barnum and Barnum West neighborhoods, advancing a partnership with Habitat for Humanity to build income-restricted tandem homes for homeownership, according to local outlet The Badger. The City Council is scheduled to hold a public hearing on the rezoning on Oct. 13.
The request covers 76 N. Hazel Court, 80–90 N. Yates Street and 4519 W. 3rd Avenue. It would change the zoning from E-SU-Dx, a single-unit district, to E-TU-C, which permits single- and two-unit homes including tandem houses. The change would allow additional housing types but would not approve a specific development or authorize construction, the city staff report says.
The homes are part of the first phase of the Housing Authority's SF+ Affordable Homeownership Pilot Project. A city presentation describes the partnership with Habitat for Humanity and says buyers would need to earn no more than 80% of area median income. The Community Planning and Housing Committee voted 5-0 on Sept. 1 to advance the bill, and city planning staff recommended approval, citing consistency with adopted plans and the neighborhood's low-scale residential context.
A neighbor, Aaron Madrid Aksoz, opposed the rezoning in an Aug. 27 letter to Councilwoman Jamie Torres, raising concerns about the condition of the existing home at 76 N. Hazel Court and possible construction disruption. The city report also says the Yates Street property may need a zone-lot amendment to support the planned tandem-house configuration.
With Denver's housing affordability crunch continuing, the pilot — public land from the Housing Authority, construction by the nonprofit, sales restricted to households at or below 80% of AMI — is a new model the city is testing. The hearing will decide whether it moves forward in Barnum.
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