The legal name for AHA is the Housing Authority of the City of Aurora. AHA was established pursuant to Section 42-27 of the Aurora City Code and §29-4-209 of the Colorado Revised Statutes. AHA is, for purposes of state law, a body both corporate and politic, and exercising public powers separate and apart from the City of Aurora. AHA is vested with governmental powers as well, including the right to acquire property by eminent domain.

Aurora Housing Authority operations are funded from a variety of sources. They include:

• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Arapahoe County Department of Social Services
• Revenue from the operations of apartment communities
• Aurora Housing Authority uses cash it has acquired and issues tax exempt bonds and mortgages to acquire apartment communities. These debts are obligations of AHA and not of the City of Aurora or the State of Colorado.

The AHA is governed by a seven-member Board of Commissioners, the members of which are appointed to five-year terms by the Mayor of the City of Aurora. The Board appoints an Executive Director who oversees a professional staff experienced in the development, construction, management, and maintenance of affordable housing and related programs.

AHA owns and manages more than 620 units of rental housing, with more in development.

To develop and promote quality housing while supporting and encouraging economic opportunities leading to self-sufficiency and independence.

• City of Aurora Fair Housing Information
• Denver Metro Fair Housing Center
• Colorado Civil Rights Division
• National Fair Housing Alliance
• HUD Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
• Fair Housing brochures in:  Arabic | Chinese | English | Farsi | French | Hindi | Hmong | Japanese | Khmer | Korean | Lao | Polish | Russian | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese
• HUD Mobile App
• Aurora Housing Authority: The person named below has been designated to coordinate compliance with the nondiscrimination requirements contained in the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s regulations implementing Section 504 (24 CFR, part 8 dated June 2, 1988). Melinda Townsend – 2280 S. Xanadu Way Aurora, CO 80014 – (720) 949-1966 or TTY – Relay 7-1-1

Where can I find the minutes and agendas of the AHA Board meetings?

They are archived on the City of Aurora’s website: http://www.auroragov.org/CityHall/BoardsandCommissions/AuroraHousingAuthority/index.htm