They say rules intended to free up housing for local workers could force them to move out of town
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Carman: Colorado’s quirky mountain town cultures are the latest species to hit the endangered list
The whole economy of Colorado’s high country is based on land speculation. That leaves many locals out in the cold.
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Coloradans increasingly concerned about cost of living, housing and homelessness, poll shows
Data from the Colorado Health Foundation’s annual poll shows concerns over housing increased — just as Denver’s new mayor declares state of emergency over homelessness
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Nicolais: Will rising evictions threaten incoming Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s homelessness plan?
Evictions both within and beyond the City of Denver could lead to spiking numbers just as a new administration tries to wrap its hands around its biggest challenge
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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).
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Why could Montana Republicans reshape land use but Colorado Democrats couldn’t?
Montana’s legislature this year passed laws restricting bans on accessory dwelling units, encouraging construction of duplexes and requiring cities to adopt strategies to increase housing
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Jared Polis signs bill prohibiting growth caps, repealing existing ones in Lakewood, Golden and Boulder
House Bill 1255 was intended to be a companion to the governor’s land-use measure, which Democrats failed to pass
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Colorado governor vetoes bill that would have given local governments right of first refusal to buy multifamily housing
House Bill 1190 was aimed at increasing affordable housing options across the state. Business groups asked Gov. Jared Polis to veto it. The measure’s Democratic sponsors are furious.
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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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Littwin: If you’re asking how much the legislature got done this session, look first to Jared Polis
In the overwhelmingly Democratic legislature, intraparty factions inevitably emerge. But no faction could match the governor.