{"id":45887,"date":"2021-07-08T00:28:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T06:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/low-income-apartments-in-mancos-seek-heating-upgrades\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:28:13","slug":"low-income-apartments-in-mancos-seek-heating-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/low-income-apartments-in-mancos-seek-heating-upgrades\/","title":{"rendered":"Low-income apartments in Mancos seek heating upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=19ba8199-09ee-5c9a-9668-395bc564ab93&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"720\" height=\"522\" alt=\"A fundraising campaign has been launched to raise $35,000 to upgrade inadequate heating systems at Menefee Apartments in Mancos, which serves low-income elderly and disabled tenants. (Courtesy photo)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">A fundraising campaign has been launched to raise $35,000 to upgrade inadequate heating systems at Menefee Apartments in Mancos, which serves low-income elderly and disabled tenants. (Courtesy photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Energy Outreach Colorado has launched a fundraising campaign to upgrade the heating system for low-income apartments in Mancos.<\/p>\n<p>The 12-unit Menefee Apartments serve low-income elderly and disabled tenants, and is managed by the <a id=\"link-60bcbdaefb3d80f50bef35def024c41e\" target=\"_blank\">Housing Authority of the County of Montezuma.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The apartment\u2019s space heating system and boilers are outdated, and only functioning at 50%, said Denise Stepto, Chief Communications Officer for <a id=\"link-18eeb7049bac2fb617d855a58007c7f1\" target=\"_blank\">Energy Outreach Colorado<\/a>, in an interview Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The organization hopes to raise $35,000 to replace heating systems and boilers with new high-efficiency furnaces in time for winter. Local contractors are encouraged to bid on the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a dire situation, and time is critical because winter will be here soon. We took on the campaign as part of our mission to assist in the energy needs of low-income and vulnerable residents,\u201d Stepto said.<\/p>\n<p>The apartment has had a series of repairs recently, including a roofing project that wiped out the maintenance budget, she said. The fundraising campaign is seen as a better solution than increasing rent on low income tenants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLow-income renters who live there are on a fixed income,\u201d Stepto said.<\/p>\n<p>Energy Outreach Colorado works on issues impacting low-income energy consumers. They offer bill payment assistance, crisis intervention, heating repair projects and weatherization, and preserving affordable housing.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the Help Heat Menefee Apartments campaign, visit: <a id=\"link-f56554451eab529858f91ee05fb8d877\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/charity.gofundme.com\/o\/en\/campaign\/heat-menefee<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outreach Colorado launches fundraising campaign<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[408,1098,28,453,83,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-45887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-charity","tag-energy","tag-headlines","tag-housing-and-urban-planning","tag-mancos","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45887"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86671,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45887\/revisions\/86671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45887"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=45887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}