Brothers Redevelopment begins 45th annual Paint-A-Thon season
Brothers Redevelopment is now accepting applications for its 45th annual Paint-A-Thon season. The free program utilizes volunteers to paint the exterior of homes for low-income seniors and disabled residents. Homeowners who live in Colorado Springs and in the Denver metro area are encouraged to apply — particularly those who live in Commerce City, Lakewood, Arvada, … Read more
Denver Emergency Rental Assistance Program to stop accepting new first-time applications
The Denver Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) will stop accepting new first-time applications for assistance at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9. Recertification applications submitted prior to Nov. 1 and first-time applications submitted by Dec. 9 will continue to be processed. From June 2021 to Sept. 2022, Brothers Redevelopment administered more than $4 million in … Read more
Brothers 2022 year in review
Throughout 2022, Brothers Redevelopment helped our neighbors across Colorado find solutions to their housing-related needs. Once again, our organization prevented evictions and foreclosures across the state; saved older adults millions of dollars in cost savings from our Aging in Place senior services program; expanded Colorado’s largest and longest Home Modification and Repair Program; painted smiles … Read more
Brothers Redevelopment, Volunteers of America To Build Hundreds of Affordable Homes at Former Park Hill Golf Course
Two of the Front Range’s leading nonprofit housing organizations are teaming up to own and build more than three hundred units of permanently affordable rental housing at the former Park Hill Golf Course in Northeast Denver. If approved by City Council and Denver voters, Brothers Redevelopment, Inc. and Volunteers of America National Services (VOANS) will … Read more
44th annual Paint-A-Thon season in review
The day-to-day tasks of upkeeping a house can be difficult for anyone — especially for low-income older adults like Gail. At the beginning of the pandemic, Gail’s husband passed away in a nursing home, and she was unable to see him due to COVID-19 protocols in place at the time. She described the incident as … Read more
Brothers congratulates HUD for 10 year anniversary of the Office of Housing Counseling
Brothers Redevelopment congratulates the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for celebrating its 10th anniversary of the Office of Housing Counseling. In the past 10 years, Brothers’ housing helpline, Colorado Housing Connects (1-844-926-6632), has provided housing counseling services to over 20,000 clients throughout Colorado. Brothers employs HUD-certified housing counselors that went through certification … Read more
Emergency rental assistance is ending. But Brothers Redevelopment’s services aren’t going anywhere
The Colorado Emergency Rental Assistance Program will no longer process new requests for additional assistance/recertification on Oct. 21 at 11:59 p.m. and will stop accepting new applications in mid-November. But Brothers Redevelopment’s services aren’t going anywhere. Since June 2021, Brothers has provided over $9 million in rental assistance to 1,658 households in the state through … Read more
Korean War Veteran receives helping hand from Paint-A-Thon
Robert Montour’s life changed forever when his father was killed in World War II after a destroyer ship he was on was sunk in Okinawa — a Japanese prefecture. Montour, who was only 10 when his father was killed in 1945, knew he was destined to serve in the Navy. So as soon as he … Read more
PCL Construction’s Josh Cervantes receives Roland Buteyn Heart of Service Award
Around three years ago, Anita Marui lost her mother and was left without any family in Colorado. That’s when PCL Construction Superintendent Josh Cervantes stepped in. Cervantes and Marui were introduced to each other when he volunteered to paint her house in 2019 through Brothers Redevelopment’s Paint-A-Thon Program. And since then, the two have always … Read more
Native Roots is a proud supporter of Brothers Redevelopment, an organization rooted in its care and commitment to Coloradans
Native Roots Cannabis Co. became a supporter of Brothers Redevelopment in 2021 with a three-year agreement to collaborate on volunteer projects and sponsorship opportunities related to the organizations’ shared goals of safe and affordable housing for low-income, elderly and disabled Colorado residents. For the past few years, Colorado has been in the midst of an … Read more
Volunteers and family paint house in honor of loved one
Kevin Lockett was known as a kind, gentle man who loved his family, his commercial refrigeration business, his customers, and looking out for those in need. He was known to use his business to help others like the Ft. Lupton Food Bank. And in his spare time, he enjoyed traveling around the world with his … Read more
Colorado Housing Connects rescues woman from homelessness
Earlier this year, Kesha moved nearly 1,300 miles away from her Michigan home with her two teenage children to live with her oldest son in Colorado Springs. But after her family split ways, Kesha and her children suddenly found themselves homeless for eight months in a new part of the country. The family stayed at … Read more