Research suggests rent control actually “decreases affordability, fuels gentrification and creates negative spillovers”
housing crisis
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RTD hires its first homeless outreach coordinator to visit stations, offer services to those illegally camped
RTD has one worker who visits light-rail and bus stations in eight counties, offering housing and other services to those in need.
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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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Colorado housing prices would have to drop 32% to match the “affordability” of 2015
The median sales price for a house in 2015 was $285,000.
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Housing Lottery: Inside a manufactured neighborhood fighting Colorado’s high country housing crisis
At Norwood’s Pinion Park, a model to make homes affordable for paycheck-to-paycheck residents is put to the test
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Vail Resorts rejects Town of Vail’s $12 million offer for parcel to protect bighorn, pushing council to create donor fund to fuel fight
Vail Resorts wants to build housing on the parcel. Town wants to protect the local bighorn herd. A prolonged legal battle now looms as the only resolution.
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The San Luis Valley has at least 150 abandoned homes. A nonprofit is fixing them for people who need housing.
A valleywide coalition is purchasing and renovating abandoned homes and schools to reduce the region’s affordable housing crisis.
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Aspen City Council limits short-term rentals, imposes fees on home construction and eases path for affordable housing
The Aspen City Council this week approved strict regulations limiting short-term rentals and easing the process for developing affordable housing, concluding seven months of work to rein in a real estate market frenzy that has homes selling for as much as $6,000 a square foot. “Are we a community or a commodity?” Aspen councilor Rachel […]
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Colorado high country commissioners blast Airbnb report that disconnects short-term rentals from housing crisis
A group of 15 commissioners from seven mountain counties is blasting a recent study commissioned by short-term rental giant Airbnb that dismissed the idea that short-term rentals are eroding worker housing in Colorado’s high country. “Airbnb narrowly focused on positive impacts, and facts appear selected to craft a story that is not entirely true, especially […]