Sam Peña is a multimedia journalist at Denver7 KMGH in Denver, Colorado.
AURORA, Colo. — As housing prices continue to rise across Colorado, a nonprofit is providing homes for veterans who were wounded in combat. Jared Allen 's Homes for Wounded Warriors gifted Aurora army veteran Dan Rose a fully furnished, wheelchair-accessible home.Rose was a U.S. Army engineer, tasked with clearing explosives from roads. In 2010, he began a voluntary deployment to Afghanistan.On April 27, 2011, Rose was wounded while clearing a new route of IEDs.
Wednesday afternoon, Rose added 'homeowner' to his list of accomplishments.KB Home partnered with JAH4WW to build the Rose family a brand new home in just six months. The new home is located in KB Home’s Painted Prairie community in Aurora.Rose said his previous home didn't have an accessible shower and the front steps made it difficult to move around. His new house has wide openings for a wheelchair, a shower without a lip and kitchen counters at wheelchair height.
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