Welcome to The Department of Housing Stability Request For Proposals Portal

Overview

HOST  is committed to creating inclusive and sustainable solutions for our community's housing needs. This portal serves as a central hub for all Requests for Proposals (RFPs) related to housing and community development initiatives. We invite all qualified agencies to participate and collaborate with us in our mission to provide safe, affordable, and supportive housing for all residents

HOST BACKGROUND/VISION 

The Department of Housing Stability (HOST) builds a healthy, housed, and connected Denver. HOST invests resources, creates policy, and partners with organizations to keep people in the homes they already live in, to quickly resolve an experience of homelessness, and to connect people to affordable housing opportunities.  

FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN

HOST’s Five-Year Strategic Plan sets the direction for our work over the next five years, from 2022 to 2026. We encourage Proposers to review the plan, and to explicitly address how your proposal contributes to achieving our strategic goals and targets as well as those of the Citywide Goals.

Please see Five-Year Strategic Plan here:   

HOST 5-Year Strategic  Plan 

Please see the Citywide Goals here:

Citywide Goals 

 RACIAL EQUITY

The Department of Housing Stability, in alignment with the Mayor’s Office of Social Equity and Innovation, prioritizes racial equity and inclusiveness and seeks to reflect this value in our funding practices. Our commitment to producing racially equitable housing outcomes is paramount to HOST’s overall mission of Denver residents being healthy, housed and connected.

In furtherance of our mission, HOST leadership and staff have completed a racial representation audit of our department as well as an internal organizational racial equity self-assessment (ORESA). The Department of Housing Stability has created a brief write-up sharing the results of the internal ORESA survey. The write-up provides HOST’s average scores on the ORESA survey disaggregated by race and level of employment. See results of survey here:  

HOST leadership fully acknowledges the department has more work to do in racial, cultural and linguistic representation and feel that work is best done by acknowledging where we currently stand. HOST is committed to working with the Mayor’s Office of Social Equity and Innovation to meet our goals and the Mayor’s Equity Platform as we serve the community’s most vulnerable and underrepresented residents.

Submission Guidelines

To ensure a smooth and efficient process, please adhere to the following guidelines when submitting your proposals:

• Carefully review all RFP requirements and ensure your proposal addresses each criterion.
• Submit your proposal by the specified deadline.
• Include all required documentation and supporting materials.
• For detailed instructions, refer to the specific RFP documents.

Contact Us

For any questions or further information, please contact our support team at HOSTProcurements@denvergov.org. We are here to help you navigate the proposal process and look forward to your participation.

Access & Accommodation

For a sign language interpreter or real-time captioning via CART Services, contact 

DeafHHServices@denvergov.org with at least three (3) business days' notice.

For other public accommodation requests/concerns related to a disability, contact 

DisabilityAccess@denvergov.org.

For non-English language interpretation services, contact HOSTprocurements@denvergov.org.