Katrina Leibee
As developments come in, the residents worry that their rents will go up as well, to a level they can't match. According to theOn October 18, residents had protested another development, the, which will go up at the southeast corner of Yosemite Street and East 14th, with prices starting at $600,000. In their arguments, the residents cite many statistics from the Aurora Housing Strategy, pointing out that while they seem to be on the same page as the city, Aurora's approval of developments doesn't reflect that.
Although many residents in the area are renters, there are also plenty of people who want to buy starter homes, he adds."We build for sale attainably priced housing; it's not for everyone, and it's nonsense to think that it should be for everyone."
'This high-end development is a prime example of housing built not for our community who lives here now, but for the future owners from outside of the neighborhood & outside of the city, who threaten to gentrify our communities' Nate Kassa