Hexaware Selected to Automate APCHA / Housing Authority Rebrands Automation Project

ASPEN, CO – After a two-month-long vetting process, the Aspen Pitkin County Housing Authority (APCHA) selected Hexaware (Hexaware.com) as the vendor to implement the automation project known as the Housing Information Management System (HIMS). The intent to award a contract is contingent upon successful and acceptable contract negotiations and approval by elected officials.

Press Release: Hexaware Selected to Automate APCHA / Housing Authority Rebrands Automation Project

Local news stories about APCHA’s activities, policies, organization, and related development projects. 

The Aspen Times

• March 27, 2020: APCHA, Snowmass will waive late fees, work requirements in affordable housing amid virus crisis
• February 20, 2020: Board members for Aspen’s affordable housing program show frustration in lack of progress
• February 15, 2020: Aspen woman poised to prevail in fight against housing authority
• February 11, 2020: Aspen’s housing authority looks to take possession of controversial Burlingame house later this month
• February 6, 2020: Aspen Times editorial: Negotiating with man facing eviction undermines Aspen housing authority’s integrity
• February 6, 2020: Aspen housing authority adopts confidentiality policy after mistakenly releasing man’s personal information
• February 5, 2020: Public criticizes Aspen housing board for negotiating with Burlingame resident facing eviction
• January 31, 2020: Aspen housing authority officals surprised by negotiations in pending eviction
• January 31, 2020: Aspen-area electeds see need for negotiations with family facing evictions
• January 29, 2020: Bulk of Aspen housing authority’s legal fess over past 5 years go toward two eviction cases
• January 17, 2020: Officials want input on Aspen’s affordable housing rules
• January 16, 2020: Aspen’s housing authrority building tracking system for 3,000-unit inventory
• January 14, 2020: $10M rent control deal falls through for city of Aspen
• Janaury 9, 2020: Aspen declines offer to sell affordable housing complexes to Indiana-based company
• December 31, 2019: APCHA takes big step into modern future with funding for interactive database
• December 5, 2019: APCHA debates priority housing for survivors of domestic violence
• December 2, 2019: Community to lose a significant chunk of designated affordable housing
• November 21, 2019: Aspen man’s personal financial info mistakenly posted on APCHA website
• November 20, 2019: Aspen electeds OK with fines for affordable housing rule breakers
• November 15, 2019: Aspen-Pitkin County Housing Authority can hire receiver on Mulcahy sale, judge rules
• November 12, 2019: Aspen advances $10M purchase of Centennial deed restrictions
• November 8, 2019: City of Aspen looking to spend $10 million to preserve rent-controlled apartments
• November 7, 2019: Aspen, Pitkin County elected officials approve APCHA board direction
• November 7, 2019: APCHA head caught up in different goals
• October 26, 2019: Feds to rescue in Aspen’s affordable housing crisis
• October 18, 2019: Aspen affordable housing projects under construction gaining more interest
• October 17, 2019: Aspen’s housing authority looks to pass costs onto residents who use system
• October 13, 2019: Legal battle between Aspen family facing eviction, housing authority ramps up
• August 27, 2019: Mulcahy claims conflict by Aspen-Pitkin County Housing Authority, proposed receiver
• August 16, 2019: Aspen woman sues housing authority over keeping her deed-restricted condo
• August 15, 2019: Aspen Times editorial: Aspen’s new housing board must take two big bites off the elephant
• August 13, 2019: City of Aspen to host meeting on affordable housing plans
• August 8, 2019: Aspen’s new housing board does away with rules of decorum; shouting starts minutes later
• July 23, 2019: Aspen-Pitkin County Housing Authority seeks receiver to sell Mulcahy home
• July 19, 2019: Housing board kicks Aspen woman out of deed-restricted condo for non-compliance
• July 17, 2019: In with the old for Aspen’s new housing board
• July 2, 2019: Aspen’s electeds rank their top 10 for new affordable housing board
• June 25, 2019: Aspen’s electeds sign off on $1.5M in contracts to build affordable housing
• June 24, 2019: Over dozen people interested in serving on Aspen’s housing board
• June 15, 2019: District judge again rules against Aspen man trying to keep his house
• June 12, 2019: Aspen government on track to build close to 300 affordable housing units in next five years
• May 3, 2019: Aspen’s housing board spins wheels in governance talks
• May 1, 2019: City moving on hundreds of workforce housing units
• April 28, 2019: Guest commentary: Aspen-Pitkin County housing board asks to pump breaks on proposal
• April 18, 2019: Aspen’s housing board to elected officials: Pump brakes on potential changes to system
• April 15, 2019: Deadline to prove residency requirements looming over homeowners in Aspen’s affordable housing program
• April 8, 2019: Aspen housing authority to ban smoking
• April 8, 2019: Aspen’s housing authority going on PR offensive
• March 30, 2019: Housing study survey shows 37% of Aspen-area workforce plans to retire within next decade
• March 7, 2019: Aspen man’s affordable home ownership in peril after latest ruling

Aspen Daily News

• March 27, 2020: Aspen affordable housing agencies unveil coronavirus response plan
• March 18, 2020: APCHA working to address program tenants put out of work by coronavirus
• March 4, 2020: APCHA director cautions against funding plans for Mulcahy property purchase
• February 20, 2020: APCHA board frustrated with stagnant momentum
• February 6, 2020: Aspen public expresses disappointment in negotiations over Mulcahy
• January 13, 2020: Aspen housing authority going digital
• November 29, 2019: Couple hopes to remove ’financial barrier’ from APCHA net-zero retrofit
• November 21, 2019: APCHA rules that couple cannot own dual properties
• November 20, 2019: Aspen City Council looks at lumberyard housing development concepts
• November 15, 2019: Court appoints receiver to oversee sale of Mulcahy’s home
• November 14, 2019: APCHA work session will focus on guideline changes
• November 13, 2019: Aspen City Council approves $10 million to keep Centennial deed restricted
• November 10, 2019: APCHA’s $1.8 million affordable house
• November 8, 2019: Elected officials want to stay the course on APCHA
• October 14, 2019: APCHA director calls position untenable
• October 12, 2019: Aspen council emphasizes housing as top city priority
• October 3, 2019: After yearlong fight, APCHA tenant evicted from Aspen Country Inn unit
• September 28, 2019: Public outreach at issue as APCHA rewrites guidelines
• September 27, 2019: APCHA must propose a new receiver in Mulcahy case
• September 25, 2019: Council gives go ahead for next phase of affordable housing development
• September 25, 2019: Court finds that APCHA limited Mulcahy’s free speech
• September 18, 2019: Too poor for APHCA?
• August 27, 2019: APCHA and Mulcahy trade barbs in next phase of legal battle
• August 26, 2019: Centennial lawsuit still has legs after appeals court ruling
• August 13, 2019: Engagement on affordable housing in Aspen begins Wednesday
• August 8, 2019: New APCHA board votes away rules of decorum
• August 6, 2019: Aspen City Council in lockstep on APCHA policy changes
• July 27, 2019: Throughout Colorado, housing is a health issue
• July 17, 2019: City, county compromise on new APCHA board picks
• July 2, 2019: 32 applicants throw their name in for APCHA board seats
• July 1, 2019: Affordable housing project delayed as Mark Hunt steps in
• June 24, 2019: Panelists weigh in on Pitkin County’s housing and health issues
• June 21, 2019: Mesirow aims to lead on housing and engagement in freshman council term
• June 20, 2019: Richards ready for another go-round on city council
• June 19: 2019: Application for new APCHA board due Monday
• June 11, 2019: New Aspen Council votes to review APCHA policy proposals
• June 11, 2019: New council takes first stab at slew of new housing developments
• May 16, 2019: City of Aspen signs off on APCHA board restructuring
• May 14, 2019: Regional housing report shows problem to be valley wide
• May 7, 2019: Pitkin County making first moves to adopt housing agreement
• April 23, 2019: Opinion: APCHA board: Let’s slow pace of reform
• April 17, 2019: APCHA board restructuring continues to move forward
• March 6, 2019: Menter: What would Deming think of APCHA?
• March 1, 2019: APCHA trying for third time to digitize database