Push for rural affordable housing runs into battle to preserve wildlife, open space and agriculture
Housing
Coloradans can defer payment on a big chunk of their rising property tax bill. Here’s how to do it.
The legislature passed a bill in 2021 allowing Coloradans to defer payment on any increase in their property tax bill over 4% by making it a lien against their home
Programs offering universal basic income — or direct cash with no strings attached — are increasing across Colorado
Dozens of Colorado nonprofits are funding direct cash programs they say have led to economic stability for individuals and families.
Colorado ski areas open day cares to attract high country workers in child care desert
Steamboat Resort and Breckenridge Resort opened child care centers for the kids of their employees this season. In Aspen, the resort is helping pay for new child care center slots in the community.
Denver bought one-way bus tickets for 1,900 migrants. Here’s where they were going.
Some of the top destinations were Chicago, New York City, Atlanta, Miami and Dallas
Aurora landlord who hired armed guards to evict motel residents faces a second lawsuit
The VareCo settled with three plaintiffs involved in the first class-action lawsuit. Now 18 more residents are suing the property manager for similar claims.
Colorado governor calls for more property tax relief as long-term solution to rising tax bills remains elusive
If approved, it will mark the third time in as many years state lawmakers slap a Band-Aid on a problem that has big ramifications for schools and local governments.
The last few months of 2022 have been particularly deadly for Coloradans who are homeless
Two people were murdered and five likely froze to death last week in what has been a deadly end to an extra deadly year for Colorado’s homeless population.
A year after the Marshall fire, community is scattered as people try to move home or move on
Fewer than 170 building permits have been issued for more than 1,000 burned homes. Empty lots are sitting for months on the market. Families are in limbo.
One year after the Marshall fire, housing advocates call for policy changes to help Colorado’s renters who survive a natural disaster
Renters whose homes sustained smoke and ash damage found themselves illegally evicted or persuading landlords to clean their residences following the environmental damage