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2005 for information on affordable rental and for-sale
homes. This resource was extremely valuable
hurricane victims in the weeks and months following Hurricanes
receive help from chfa Katrina and Rita. Today, the site is a vital
component of Colorado disaster preparedness
When Hurricane Katrina displaced many and is the housing resource for the State of
Gulf State residents, thousands ended up in Colorado Disaster Housing Task Force.
Colorado. To do its part, CHFA immediately
provided 50 vacant CHFA-owned apartments Curtis Miller came to Denver one week after
rent-free to Hurricane Katrina evacuees. Many Hurricane Katrina hit. He learned about the
CHFA staff stepped up during this time as well Village of Yorkshire Apartments, part of the
to help volunteer at intake stations. CHFA RAP portfolio, while living in temporary
housing at the old Lowry Air Force Base in
CHFA also collaborated with the City and Denver. At the time, he had no idea what
County of Denver, USDA-Rural Development, CHFA was but knew that his new apartment
and the Colorado Division of Housing to launch was provided to him at a time when he most
ColoradoHousingSearch.com, a “one-stop shop” needed it. “I love it here,” he said.

Curtis Miller, a resident at Village of Yorkshire Apartments, a multifamily customer in Denver