Too often, the added charges have dubious justification and are not disclosed up front. The law should forbid eviction for a renter’s inability to pay them.
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Posted inPolitics and Government
What’s a “reasonable” rent increase? Colorado lawmakers often leave vague — but important — language for courts to interpret.
Sometimes the ambiguity is intentional. Other times, legal issues arise because lawmakers can’t always predict how their policies will be tested in the real world.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: When the lease expires, landlords should let tenants stay if they keep paying the rent
A proposed state law would protect rule-abiding tenants from being forced out of their rentals and into the brutal housing market.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: A ballot measure that won’t help renters, but lawyers are sure to love
The Denver proposal would force landlords to fund lawyers for tenants in case of eviction. Rents will go up as a result.
Posted inHousing
Time is running out on Colorado’s rent assistance program
Thousands of Colorado households — and their landlords — benefited from the $690 million in federal Emergency Rental Assistance. The state’s application portal closes Nov. 15.
Posted inHousing
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
Posted inBusiness, Economy, Housing, News
Colorado’s pandemic housing-assistance program now open to non-pandemic applicants
State and local resources have provided housing aid to many victims of the devastating Marshall fire in Boulder County. But another barely touched pot of money comes from an unlikely source: federal COVID relief funds. The Emergency Rental Assistance Program, which pays up to 15 months of rent for those experiencing pandemic income loss, has […]
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Demand for pandemic rental assistance in Colorado jumped 33% in November
A program that covers rent for struggling Coloradans saw a 33% increase in applicants in November compared with the average of prior months, and reasons for that include a more efficient system for processing and awareness that help is available. The Emergency Rental Assistance program, which launched in March, hit a program high of 4,700 […]
Posted inCrime and Courts, Equity, Health, Housing, News
Armed guards helped evict residents from an East Colfax motel in violation of tenant laws, suit claims
Marlis Sneed lived in a dilapidated apartment for nearly five years at the Summit View Inn, an extended stay motel on East Colfax Avenue in Aurora where tenants paid rent daily or weekly. Wires hung from her ceiling and protruded from outlets in the wall. Sneed’s mattress was ripped and her walls were cracked with […]
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Colorado’s COVID rent-assistance program may have paid up to $4.4 million in error, audit finds
A popular COVID-19 rental assistance program mistakenly paid out at least $625,000 and perhaps as much as $4.4 million, the Colorado Office of the State Auditor said in a report released Monday. The state Division of Housing used the Property Owner Preservation program to make rent payments to landlords whose tenants had lost jobs or […]