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…
Housing
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…
Polis’ affordable-housing package gets big test beginning this week
Since the May 8 collapse of his first land-use reform bill to spur more housing construction, Gov. Jared Polis has plotted a successor plan involving…
Polis rolls out new emissions reduction roadmap, complete with near-term action plan
Gov. Jared Polis on Monday unveiled an updated version of Colorado’s three-year-old Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap, featuring 49 new short-term actions to help the…
Right-of-first-refusal bill returns in different form, gets first legislative OK
Sponsors of a 2023 bill vetoed by Gov. Jared Polis that would have given local governments a right of first refusal on buying for-sale apartment…
Legislators advance a bill that would limit lawsuits against key real estate sector
After a decade-long period in which businesses have bemoaned the worsening of Colorado’s legal climate, members of one profession — appraisers — are fighting back…
Polis offers ambitious goals for housing, environment, taxes in State of the State
Gov. Jared Polis spanned the political spectrum in his State of the State Address Thursday, calling for big transit spending and more environmental-justice regulations but…
Colorado Dem, GOP leaders sound different business goals on legislative opening day
Though Colorado’s legislative leaders remained traditionally vague on their strategic priorities during opening-day speeches Wednesday, Democrats emphasized themes of housing affordability, workforce development, environmental protection…