Poorly Managed Aurora Apartments Offered Easy Target for Nonprofit-Driven Migrant ‘Takeover
Two publicly funded Denver nonprofits — ViVe Wellness and Organization Papagayo — chose to move thousands of Venezuelan migrants, including some members of the violent Tren de Aragua street gang, into run-down apartment complexes in nearby Aurora precisely because those buildings were poorly managed.
In an email to Aurora City councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky, obtained by National Review, Jessica Prosser, the director of Housing and Community Development for Aurora, says she learned that ViVe and Papagayo were moving migrants into Aurora through conversations with three city, state, and county offices, including the Colorado Office of New Americans (ONA) and the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA). The state and local officials explained that three apartment complexes run by CBZ management were chosen to house the illegal immigrants because the property managers failed to do basic due diligence on their tenants.
“No housing quality inspections were completed to check for even basic life safety concerns prior to placing individuals in apartments,” Prosser writes.
She goes on to say the CBZ apartments were chosen because they “had lower rent, lack of consistency with providing leases, and more leniency with the number of people in each unit.”
View of the apartment complex (Screenshot via CBS Colorado/YouTube)
When reached for comment, Prosser referred NR to her communications department. They did not respond.
CBZ did not respond to a request for comment.
The nonprofits chose to unload the migrants in Aurora without asking permission from the city or coordinating with local officials in any way, Jurinsky told NR.
In February, Aurora reaffirmed their status as a non-sanctuary city and passed a resolution banning the transportation of migrants into city limits.
The resolution “demands that other municipalities and entities do not systematically transport migrants . . . to the city for temporary housing without the City first being given an opportunity to coordinate such assistance.”
‘That’s a Takeover’
Colorado governor Jared Polis and local progressives have tried to downplay the chaos and violence that’s descended on Aurora, pushing back on Mayor Mike Coffman’s claim that the CBZ apartments have been “taken over” by gangs. But, according to Cindy Romero, who used to live at the Edge apartments, that’s exactly what’s happened.
“They want to say there’s no takeover. I don’t know what your definition of ‘takeover’ is, but there were no managers, no owners, the housekeepers were being harassed, and these guys changed the locks to the outside of buildings.”
“I saw them breaking down doors and taking pictures, then showing the apartments to different families like they were real-estate agents.”
According to the same email, ViVe and Papagayo worked together to place “many” individuals and migrant families in the apartments dating back to the spring of 2023 and provided, in some cases, the deposit and three months’ rent. The two nonprofits had placed 8,000 Venezuelan migrants across 2,000 leases in Aurora as of April, according to the Colorado Sun, though it’s unclear exactly how many of those ended up in CBZ buildings.
“That’s a takeover.”
FOOTNOTE: THE City-County Observer posted this article without bias or editing.
Interesting article providing details that the local press will not cover. The Biden administration is the puppet master using these shadowy NGOs to do its dirty work. With the Biden administration, non transparency is the essential feature of its open borders policies.
Here are some additional questions not covered in this article. I only ask these questions for amplification of a good article.
– How much compensation for the main people running these NGOs?
– What level of accountability is required for NGOs providing services to the Biden administration?
– Can local governments pass laws that require disclosure from NGOs that work with the Biden administration for immigrant placement?
– How much profit did these NGOs earn for placing immigrants in these buildings?
– What is the business relationship between these NGOs and the company owning these buildings?
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