Jon Murray, The Denver PostErik Soliván, executive director of the Denver Office of Housing and Opportunities for People Everywhere. Erik Soliván started his new job as Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s handpicked housing czar in a tumultuous time, after years of protests over the city’s homeless camping ban and escalating rent hikes. And the week after he dug in, coordinating housing policies and programs across a half-dozen or so city agencies, Donald Trump took office. Already, the new president’s budget directives, including a proposed slashing of $6 billion from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, have introduced uncertainties that are putting city leaders on edge.