Push for rural affordable housing runs into battle to preserve wildlife, open space and agriculture
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Opinion: Stop growth? Might as well try to hold back the tide
Population growth is going to happen. We can expand housing and preserve our landscape, if we loosen zoning and accept density.
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Opinion: Housing wins elections and Latinos need better housing
That’s a politically potent combination, but it requires broadening access to people who don’t fit the traditional molds.
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Brighton’s holistic approach to housing aims to break the cycle for the next generation
During the pandemic, the Brighton Housing Authority started new programs to tutor school children and find emergency housing for victims of domestic violence
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Once-in-a-generation tax revenues are flowing into western Colorado coffers. How will communities invest?
A proposed ballot initiative for 2023 would impose a fee on all real estate deals to fund affordable housing
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Old motels are putting a dent in Colorado’s homelessness crisis after serving as emergency shelters during the pandemic
Already this fall, the city of Denver has helped nonprofits buy three motels that eventually will provide hundreds of housing units for those living on the streets
Posted inElection 2022
Colorado voters approve ballot measure setting aside nearly $300 million each year for affordable housing
Proposition 123 will set aside up to 0.1% of taxable income each year for affordable housing. That’s estimated to be $145 million in the current fiscal year — which ends June 30, 2023 — and $290 million in 2023-24 and subsequent fiscal years.
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“The future of housing” takes shape at Buena Vista factory
A housing crisis solution with modular homes, philanthropy, unique lending and free land is threatened by local zoning and code regulations
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Zornio: Proposition 123 is as much about public health as it is affordable housing
Research shows children are likely to be among the largest beneficiaries of passing Colorado’s Proposition 123
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Financial help for renters during COVID slashed Colorado evictions by nearly 60%, new study finds
The analysis by two nonprofits analyzed 150,000 eviction filings and found stark disparities for those without legal representation