Denver Resident Preference Policy

We advised the City and County of Denver’s Department of Housing Stability (HOST) on development of a resident preference policy as part of the city’s efforts to mitigate involuntary displacement of residents due to rising housing costs. The Root team developed a policy paper that considers how a resident preference policy could be effective in addressing a negative outcome of Denver’s recent economic growth—the involuntary upheaval of long-time and low income residents and workforce. It also considers potential fair housing challenges of a policy based on measures of segregation and “hyper” segregation.