Four business-opposed bills, including single-payer health study, die on Tuesday
Colorado legislators allowed the clock to run out on four bills Tuesday that critics warned would raise the already high cost of living, including another…
Housing
Time runs out for major construction-defects reform effort
The most significant effort in seven years to advance construction-defects reform ended Friday, with the House sponsor of a bipartisan bill choosing to kill it…
Bill to raise short-term rental tax rates suffers overwhelming defeat
A bill that sought to quadruple tax-assessment rates for Colorado owners of active short-term rental properties died at its first legislative committee hearing Tuesday, even…
Affordable-housing package — and new tax credit bill — clears several hurdles
Gov. Jared Polis advanced his affordable-housing package in several big ways in recent days — including signing the first bill that is part of it…
Senate victory for construction-defects bill leaves two proposals with conflicting aims
Supporters of a construction-defects bill made changes Wednesday to win it significant backing in the Colorado Senate, preparing it to move it to the House…
House approves bill to give local governments rights to for-sale apartment complexes
After even more changes, Colorado House members on Monday passed a revamped bill to give local governments rights of first refusal and first offer on…
Construction-defects reform bill passes out of key committee
A construction-defects reform bill that builders argue is integral to the state’s affordable-housing push cleared a major hurdle Thursday when it advanced through a committee…
Senate committee kills bill to give regulatory relief to appraisers
Appraisers, an aging and thinning sector crucial to Colorado leaders’ goal of increasing the supply of housing statewide, will not get the regulatory relief this…
Construction-defects reform is stalled. But a bill a bill to expand plaintiffs’ rights is advancing.
Construction-defects-reform advocates cheered when Gov. Jared Polis backed their cause this year. But halfway through the 2024 session, their main bill is stalled in a…
Transit-focused affordable-housing proposal gets first legislative approval
Colorado legislators advanced the centerpiece bill in Gov. Jared Polis’ affordable-housing package Wednesday — a proposal that aims to increase multifamily-housing construction around transit corridors…