The 1840 Equity Project is an innovative, scalable, equity-building, agri-community housing model designed to create ownership opportunities for Colorado's essential workforce.

It is a master-planned neighborhood built around a working farm, designed so the people who protect, teach, heal, and build our communities can afford to own a home in them.

Short for “agricultural neighborhood,” an agrihood, or agri-community is a residential community built around shared, working farmland, with homes, gardens, and gathering space integrated around it. Food, nature, and connection are part of daily life, not an afterthought.

America's affordable housing crisis is a severe gap between housing costs and what households can afford, driven by a deep nationwide shortage of low-cost homes, stalled wage increases, high interest rates, and surging prices.

The gap in Colorado's housing continuum is among the largest in the country, creating a social crisis with devastating consequences. We see the generational effects of this and refuse to let it happen.

18–40 is a reference to the generations bearing the heaviest burden of the housing crisis. The ability of Gen Z and Millennials to achieve financial independence, build wealth, and reach traditional life milestones is directly impacted by the widening gap between wages and housing.

Younger adults are priced out of entry-level ownership because it's impossible to save when rent can eat upwards of 50% of their wages while prices keep climbing. Millennials are trapped renting against record-high home prices, with interest rates that have more than doubled since 2021. This wage-to-housing gap is unlike anything prior generations faced.

Affordable housing programs usually provide rentals or subsidies. This is home ownership. The 1840 Equity Project closes the gap between what essential workers earn and what a home costs, so residents build real equity and lasting wealth — not just a place to rent.

Essential workers and middle-income professionals who earn too much to qualify for subsidies but not enough for today's market — the "missing middle": first responders, nurses, teachers, tradespeople, early-career professionals, and young families. Specific eligibility and income guidelines to be confirmed.

The project is designed to be financially attainable for the missing middle rather than a traditional subsidy program.

Yes — it's owner-occupied, first-time-homeownership-focused housing built around a pathway to equity.

The 1840 Equity Project is being developed with a coalition of partners, including We Fortify Social Impact Community Builders, all committed to keeping essential workers in the communities they serve.

You can use the contact form below or reach us at heyhi@wefortify.org.