When Yorkiss Ramos and her family first arrived in Denver two years ago, she heard about an apartment complex that offered cheap rent and required little documentation to lease.

The 35-year-old Venezuelan immigrant and her family moved to a building on Aurora’s Nome Street in 2023. When she wasn’t cleaning houses and offices, she felt confined to the dilapidated apartment, with its rats and bed bugs. She was fearful of the rumored gang activity outside and the growing national backlash toward recent immigrants like her. The property’s owners, CBZ Management, ignored requests for help, she said.

The apartments “were already old, and they rented them in such poor condition,” Ramos said in Spanish in a recent interview. “… People looked for those options because they were the most afforda

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