Part of the Denver Housing Authority’s effort to replace the area’s obsolete public housing with modern mixed-income homes, the new community features 129 units, including 50 market-rate apartments. The remaining units are home to residents earning between 30% and 80% of the area median income, creating an economically diverse environment. In addition, the units range from one- to five-bedrooms to serve families of different sizes.

“This is a truly mixed-income community,” says Harsh Parikh, president of Santulan Architecture, who designed GreenHaus. “There are units for very low-income residents, and there are market-rate apartments. Creating a true mixed-income community is a sensitive endeavor, but, when done right, it fosters equity and opportunity and destigmatizes affordable housing.”

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