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affordable housing

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: The solution to high housing costs isn’t rent control, it’s more housing

by Drew Hamrick 1:30 AM MST on Feb 24, 20235:44 PM MST on Feb 23, 2023

Rent control reduces the incentive to build new homes, hurting the people it is trying to help. Instead, Colorado needs more housing options.

A construction worker carries a piece of wood while building a house.
Posted inHousing

Colorado Democrats are turning 2023 into the year of housing. But should the state wade into local land decisions?

by Elliott Wenzler 4:12 AM MST on Feb 12, 202311:17 AM MST on Feb 13, 2023

Lawmakers may limit local land-use directives to promote housing density. Also on the docket: rent control, eviction limitations and transit-oriented development.

Posted inEconomy

What’s Working: When Colorado’s tight labor market met the state’s housing affordability issue

by Tamara Chuang 4:28 AM MST on Feb 11, 202312:55 AM MST on Feb 11, 2023

So many job openings, so few “affordable” houses for sale. Colorado Realtors met to discuss. Plus: Workers aren’t “on the couch,” labor demographics are changing, more!

Posted inHousing

780 affordable units or 3 houses? Telluride is latest Colorado town where housing, conservation clash

by Jason Blevins 3:50 AM MST on Feb 2, 202310:47 AM MST on Feb 2, 2023

Push for rural affordable housing runs into battle to preserve wildlife, open space and agriculture

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: Stop growth? Might as well try to hold back the tide

by Alex Nelson 1:30 AM MST on Dec 18, 20226:44 PM MST on Dec 16, 2022

Population growth is going to happen. We can expand housing and preserve our landscape, if we loosen zoning and accept density.

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: Housing wins elections and Latinos need better housing

by Alex Sánchez 1:30 AM MST on Dec 15, 20227:55 PM MST on Dec 14, 2022

That’s a politically potent combination, but it requires broadening access to people who don’t fit the traditional molds.

Posted inHousing

Brighton’s holistic approach to housing aims to break the cycle for the next generation

by Jennifer Brown 4:15 AM MST on Dec 14, 20224:43 PM MST on Dec 13, 2022

During the pandemic, the Brighton Housing Authority started new programs to tutor school children and find emergency housing for victims of domestic violence

Posted inHousing

Once-in-a-generation tax revenues are flowing into western Colorado coffers. How will communities invest?

by Jason Blevins 3:50 AM MST on Dec 1, 20227:25 AM MST on Dec 1, 2022

A proposed ballot initiative for 2023 would impose a fee on all real estate deals to fund affordable housing

Posted inHousing

Old motels are putting a dent in Colorado’s homelessness crisis after serving as emergency shelters during the pandemic

by Jennifer Brown 4:15 AM MST on Nov 28, 20224:59 PM MST on Nov 25, 2022

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

Two houses stand next to each other
Posted inElection 2022

Colorado voters approve ballot measure setting aside nearly $300 million each year for affordable housing

by Tatiana Flowers and Jesse Paul 11:48 AM MST on Nov 14, 202212:49 PM MST on Nov 14, 2022

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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