[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 163 (Tuesday, September 21, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E999-E1000]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING THE RENAISSANCE VETERANS APARTMENTS AT FITZSIMONS IN 
                            AURORA, COLORADO

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                            HON. JASON CROW

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 21, 2021

  Mr. CROW. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Renaissance Veterans 
Apartments at Fitzsimons in Aurora, Colorado, for receiving the 2021 
Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Award by demonstrating one of 
the most impactful uses of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit--the 
primary tool to build new affordable homes for the most vulnerable 
populations in Colorado and the Nation.
  As you know, our Nation's lack of affordable housing has reached 
crisis levels in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Colorado alone, 
over 175,000 renters pay more than half of their monthly income on 
rent, leaving too little for other expenses like health care, 
transportation, and food, let alone education or retirement savings.
  However, using the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, Renaissance 
Veterans Apartments built 59 new affordable homes in order to house and 
provide quality services to veterans who were formerly unhoused or are 
living with physical disabilities.
  I applaud the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, National 
Affordable Housing Trust, Colorado Division of Housing, City of Aurora,

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Home Depot, and all who made Renaissance Veterans Apartments possible, 
and I thank them for serving our community.

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