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File #: 23-1750    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 11/7/2023 In control: Safety, Housing, Education & Homelessness Committee
On agenda: 11/27/2023 Final action: 11/27/2023
Title: A resolution approving a proposed Second Amendatory Agreement between the City and County of Denver and The Community Firm to provide eviction legal defense services for households at or below 80% of the area median income, citywide. Amends a contract with The Community Firm, operating as the Community Economic Defense Project (202159467), by adding $752,000 for a new total of $1,736,000 and a new end term of 12-31-2024 to provide eviction legal defense services for households at or below 80% of the area median income, citywide. 202371004-02. The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 12-18-2023. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 11-15-2023.
Indexes: Anne Wallace
Attachments: 1. RR23-1750_HOST_The Community Firm - Eviction Legal Amendment, 2. 23-1750 Filed Resolution_The Community Firm, 3. 23-1750_ Agmt_The+Community+Firm+-+Eviction+Legal+Defense, 4. 23-1750 Filed Resolution_The Community Firm, 5. 23-1750_signed
Contract Request Template (Contracts; IGAs; Leases)

Date Submitted: 11-13-2023

Requesting Agency: HOST
Division:

Subject Matter Expert Name: Chris Lowell
Email Address: Christopher.lowell@denvergov.org
Phone Number:

Item Title & Description:
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A resolution approving a proposed Second Amendatory Agreement between the City and County of Denver and The Community Firm to provide eviction legal defense services for households at or below 80% of the area median income, citywide.
Amends a contract with The Community Firm, operating as the Community Economic Defense Project (202159467), by adding $752,000 for a new total of $1,736,000 and a new end term of 12-31-2024 to provide eviction legal defense services for households at or below 80% of the area median income, citywide. 202371004-02. The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 12-18-2023. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 11-15-2023.
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Affected Council District(s) or citywide?
citywide
Contract Control Number:
202371004-02
Vendor/Contractor Name (including any "DBA"):
The Community Firm dba Community Economic Defense Project
Type and Scope of services to be performed:
Prevent evictions by providing free legal advice, limited or full legal representation, rental assistance program referrals, and eviction process and tenant rights information to residents facing eviction in the City and County of Denver for approximately 800 unduplicated households for program year 2024. Approximate...

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