Shift Research Lab transforms data into actionable information that improves the social sector’s ability to serve Colorado’s low-income communities.

This report focuses on ULC’s involvement in school facility identification.

West Denver Neighborhoods are seeing a lot of investment with the build out of the region’s rail system. Read more about the impact this community investments are making in local neighborhoods.

ULC has released a follow up to the November 2015 report, "A Partnership to Uplift Aurora's Teen Parents," entitled "A Better Way." This report, authored by Alan Gottlieb, is the third report in a three part series and demonstrates through examples how Colorado is suffering from a lack of facility space for schools. In order
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ULC releases a report on the successful partnership that led to the construction of a new school facility in Aurora, despite the many challenges that prevent new schools from being developed.

Using 5 years of data, the impact of affordable housing at transit in metro Denver results in $600 million in local income and over 7300 jobs.

Community Land Trusts Prove Successful in Wealth Building for Lower Income Households The two studies linked below are supporting documents on the success of community land trusts. These studies, completed by the Urban Institute and National CLT Network convey the critical importance of CLT's both from the success of wealth building of lower income households, but
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Check it out – Denver is highlighted again for work around affordable housing at transit.  This report is particularly interesting as it addresses how Community Land Trusts (CLT) are meeting needs to ensure that affordable homes are created and preserved at transit sites AND the affordability of those homes are preserved for the long-term. It
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           The Economic Impact of Building Market and Workforce Homes in Colorado A recent study by the Housing Policy Department of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) looked at the economic impact of building subsidized and market-rate housing in for-sale and rental single-family and multifamily developments in Colorado.  The study analyzes data
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HBA and ULC 2010 Study: The Economic Impact of LIHTC Development Along Transit Corridors in Metro Denver

CTOD 2007 Study: The Case for Mixed Income Transit-Oriented Development in the Denver Region