The City of Lakewood has ongoing plans to expand housing under their almost secret land development company. The Lakewood Housing Authority has built and owns numerous housing projects and plans to build many more in the area.
Some believe to avoid undue attention from the public, Lakewood renamed their housing authority several years ago to Metro West Housing Solutions which is in reality the land development wing of city hall often utilized by the city to pull in lucrative public grant money.
Possible sites for Lakewood’s own pet housing projects with an eye to rake in that lucrative grant money include:
-The 7 acre site the city plans to acquire as part of the Emory School land swap deal which is currently on hold due to a court’s concerns over possible illegal meetings to discuss the deal out of public reach. See: https://www.denvergazette.com/2025/09/26/lakewoods-shady-school-deal-gets-even-shadier-jimmy-sengenberger/
and https://www.denverpost.com/2025/10/29/lakewood-jeffco-emory-elementary-action-center-transparency/
-All the city rec center locations (Carmody, Lakewood Link, Green Mountain, Whitlock, etc) are now on the chopping board to be demolished and replaced with just one more-difficult-to-access mega-center at Addenbrooke Park.
See: https://lakewoodinformer.com/recreation-centers-could-be-closed-and-consolidated/
-The current Action Center property on 14th Ave which the city plans to acquire in that unusual land swap for 10 acres of the Emory school site.
Maybe the best way to think of Lakewood’s municipal apparatus is to view it as a large but secretive land development company.
Lakewood’s recent upzoning of the entire city without a public vote could offer additional benefits to their secretive development wing going forward.
Please note the Lakewood Housing Authority AKA Metro West Housing Solutions has been recognized by many for their projects of high quality.
