Longmont Housing Development Corporation

To provide housing and related services to low and moderate income families, elderly and disabled households and to relieve the community of substandard housing.

Testimonials

http://www.dailycamera.com/News/ci_26720396/Longmonts-new-affordable-senior-complex-reaches-Boulder-County-residents-displaced-by-flood

"Everything doesn't fit anymore," Brown said. "Like these paintings of flowers; they don't go in the bathroom, but where else am I going to put them."

She turned sideways and shimmied between the bed frame and a dresser in her bedroom, which are too large for the space. But they're all she has.

"I had to buy all new bedroom furniture after the flood because everything was ruined," Brown said. "I bought it when I was in my last apartment. And it was bigger, but there were cats there and I'm allergic so I had to leave."

The small apartment is not ideal, but it's affordable and it's hers.

"I have enough money left over to go out with the girls if I want to," Brown said. "I wasn't able to do that before because the rent was too much."

http://workshop8.us/portfolio/spring-creek/

The upcoming Spring Creek program includes 52 1-bedroom units, 8 2-bedroom units dedicated to senior residents below 30% and 40% AMI beginning August 2016. The design includes reading and crafts/computer spaces, communal outdoor grilling and seating areas, and creative spaces to encourage healthy lifestyles including an active stair, outdoor parkour station, exercise/yoga rooms and green space with a pavilion. Core communal spaces pin the southwest corner of the site with two linear housing wings extending north and east, creating an urban edge along the adjacent streets and views that stretch out to the Rocky Mountains. The L-shape of the building hugs a communal green space and screens the parking lot. All units will be visitable with 4 fully-accessible ADA units; 56 units will be constructed as convertible ADA units.

Efficiencies such as passive solar design, durable and sustainable materials, innovative storm-water management techniques and native landscaping have been designed. Budgetary considerations have led the team to employ the most impactful sustainable features.