Ten DPS teachers to move into new apartment complex, rent-free, for one year [Video]

DENVER — As Denver educators get ready to head back to school, a handful of teachers have one less thing to worry about as they start the school year.

Ten teachers will be living at Skyline at Highland, a brand-new apartment complex, rent-free, for an entire year.

It’s the first time any real estate company has donated free apartments like this to teachers, thanks to a partnership between real estate firm Grand Peaks and the Denver Public Schools (DPS) Foundation.

The educators were selected at random in a drawing earlier this summer.

Teachers with zero-to-three years of experience within DPS were eligible to enter.

“[Denver is] not an easy place to live and find affordable housing, so that’s a challenge. And then they also, as we know, teachers spend a lot of their out-of-pocket money on classroom supplies and school supplies to support their students. And so if we can …