The success of the ballot measure hinges on participation from local governments, which must commit to increasing their affordable housing stock by 3% every year for the next three-year cycle of the program.
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Landlord twice sued by tenants in Aurora faces resident uprising at separate complex in Lakewood
People living in the Reed Apartments just west of Sloan Lake are getting help from a rising tenant advocacy group fighting for their landlord to fix problems with heat, plumbing and pest infestations
Posted inCartoons
Jim Morrissey: Colorado’s stratospheric property tax hikes
Cartoonist Jim Morrissey conjures the image of Colorado’s massive property tax increases pricing homeowners out of Colorado (and planet Earth).
Posted inOutdoors
Colorado’s mountain towns are being loved to death. A new roadmap can help them escape the “amenity trap.”
A new report by Headwaters Economics highlights progressive growth strategies across the country to help amenity-rich communities navigate growth challenges
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Jim Morrissey: Death of Jared Polis’ housing bill
Cartoonist Jim Morrissey illustrates how, amid efforts to alleviate Colorado’s affordable housing crisis, Gov. Jared Polis saw the land use bill he supported die in the legislature.
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Can a mixed-income community transform Denver’s Sun Valley neighborhood?
An ambitious plan to revitalize one of Denver’s poorest neighborhoods displaced 1,000 people. Fewer than 20% have returned as rebuilding drags on.
Posted inPolitics and Government
Democrats plan to send Coloradans $2 billion in taxpayer refunds through a system they’ve blasted as inequitable
Ahead of the 2022 election, Jared Polis and Democrats in the legislature sped up TABOR refund checks and made them flat. This year, they’re reverting to a default system.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Sen. Moreno: The Proposition 123 lesson is to build more houses — now
Voters put housing supply at the top of our agenda, and we’re responding with a proposal to remove local restrictions on homebuilding.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: Local officials can’t be trusted to build the housing Colorado needs
The state must step in to solve a housing crisis that city council members, town managers and mayors cannot.
Posted inHousing
A modular home community near Telluride may become a national model. But getting it open hasn’t been easy.
Pinion Park residents are settling into Norwood. Among the lessons learned: don’t ship, assemble and finish the homes in winter.