TAWI KAAN APARTMENTS
Tawi Kaan Apartments in Cortez, Colorado won the 2025 Recognition of Housing Tax Credit Excellence in the Native American Housing category.
Tawi Kaan Apartments is a 42-home new construction project located in Cortez, CO intended to serve the local Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, providing permanent supportive housing for homeless or formerly homeless families. Tawi Kaan, which is a Ute word for “our home,” was built in direct collaboration with the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. All of the homes are supported by a project-based State of Colorado subsidy administered by the Colorado Department of Local Affairs. The three-story garden style residential building provides 14 one-bedroom, 14 two-bedroom and 14 three-bedroom homes. All 42 homes are restricted to 30 percent of area median income (AMI), with preference for Ute community members.
BlueLine Development and its local nonprofit partner, The Piñon Project, assembled a supportive services team that provides services geared both towards a general homeless population and towards the local Native American population that makes up many the region’s residents. The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe is providing a full-time tribal liaison who will help build connections between Native American residents at the property and the local tribe.
The development represents the efforts of BlueLine Development, Inc., The Piñon Project Family Resource Center, and Boston Financial to preserve, improve, and increase affordable housing opportunities in Cortez, Colorado.
