Founders of a Colorado Springs nonprofit, which for 40 years has provided low-income housing for the poor, the homeless, immigrants and released inmates, object to current leaders new strategy that
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CSFD spokesman Mike Smaldino says via email, We cannot comment on any personnel matters when it comes to discipline.. We will not comment on nonfire department-related issues regarding employees and their outside employment.
On Jan. 29, a resident who is likely to lose his affordable rental home in a flipping scenario wrote to Colorado Springs Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief Randy Royal seeking information about Royal s son s role in the plan.
Bill Sulzman, 82, is one of many residents housed in properties formerly owned by Ithaka Land Trust. The cottage where he lives on South Tejon Street was sold in October to Drew Gaiser, a West Metro Fire Protection District firefighter and developer. Gaiser and CSFD firefighter Ryan Royal, Randy Royal s son, âhave a joint venture to work togetherâ on renovating the properties, Gaiser told the
When Bill Sulzman, 82, noticed people circling his small cottage carrying tape measures, cameras and clipboards last summer and fall, he knew something was up.
He didnât know then, but heâs since found out, that his home for 32 years, for which he pays nominal rent, was sold in October without his knowledge.
That sale and others are part of a plan to liquidate many of Ithaka Land Trustâs roughly two dozen rental properties. Most were built 100 or more years ago and were acquired through donations and purchases financed by nuns and the city.
Over the years, though, Ithakaâs maintenance bills grew while rents barely budged. With limited operating funds, the nonprofit has cooked up a plan to monetize the mostly Westside properties so it can fix up some of its rentals and build a low-income housing project southeast of downtown.
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