Park owners decry a “hostile legislative climate” while residents struggle — with only occasional success — to purchase their communities
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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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Carman: Colorado takes a tentative step toward meeting the crisis of homelessness
Whenever I tell people that we recently moved from our sleepy East Denver neighborhood to a high-rise downtown, almost to a person the response is the same. What about the homeless? Can you go outside? Aren’t you scared? For the umpteenth time, yes, some unhoused people nap outside in my new ’hood. I walk most […]
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Colorado’s governor vetoes bill that would have required developers to include electric vehicle chargers
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday evening vetoed a bill that would have forced developers of new large commercial and multifamily residential buildings to set aside a portion of parking spaces to serve as electric vehicle charging stations. “I fully understand that with current technology, installing EV charging up front can be less expensive over […]
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After 50 years, homeownership gap between white and Latino Coloradans narrows. But for Black Coloradans, it’s widened.
Michael Diaz-Rivera hoped $25,000 in savings and a good credit score would give him enough leverage to buy a home. But his low teacher’s salary made that nearly impossible. “The prices in Denver were just a little too steep for me and the market was just too high,” he said in late April. “Every time […]
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Nicolais: My stepdaughter won in the housing lottery that is the Colorado real estate market
Earlier this month my stepdaughter and her boyfriend bought their first home. They ended up in a three-bedroom, two-bathroom house near Columbine. It has a two-car garage and decent size yards in front and back. Feel free to gasp at their accomplishment in the current market. They are both in their mid 20s, recently completed […]
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Colorado Democrats aim to quickly pass property tax relief to head off ballot measure from business group, conservatives
The debate over how to tackle rising property taxes is poised to dominate the final days of Colorado’s 2022 legislative session, as Gov. Jared Polis, Democratic lawmakers and Colorado Concern, a deep-pocketed business organization, hastily negotiate a plan to provide relief that’s sufficient but that doesn’t also deny local governments billions in future funding. With […]
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Desperate for affordable homes, teachers in Colorado’s high country turn to Habitat for Humanity
GYPSUM — Brenda Saucedo has lived in Eagle County all her life, but with housing prices that have become out of reach and a daughter to care for, the place she considers home once left her homeless. Three years ago, Saucedo, of Gypsum, turned to a shelter while figuring out how to piece together a […]
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Town of Vail moves to condemn parcel where Vail Resorts plans affordable housing project
VAIL — The Vail town council on Tuesday voted 4-3 to condemn a parcel where Vail Resorts plans to build affordable housing, citing concerns over the impact of development in winter habitat for a herd of bighorn sheep. A final vote in early May could prevent any development on the 23 acres owned by the […]
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Vail Resorts plans big investment in affordable housing. Town of Vail promises a fight.
Vail Resorts last week announced plans to fast-track four housing projects at resorts in Utah, British Columbia, Vermont and Vail, adding 875 units for the company’s workers as part of a promise made last month to refocus on employees with more pay and housing. The projects will be somewhat easy at Park City Mountain Resort, […]