Affordable-housing package advances, but with a major concession
Gov. Jared Polis’ package of bills seeking to ease Colorado’s affordable-housing crisis by ramping up new construction has passed its first key tests — albeit…
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Polis signs housing bill
Gov. Jared Polis made it official Tuesday that metropolitan districts, controversy or not, will continue to be a part of Colorado’s solution to building more…
Two bills are reviving the construction-defects fight at the Colorado Capitol
Colorado homebuilders and advocates for increased condominium construction are fighting a two-part battle at the Legislature over the resurrected issue of construction-defects reform — putting…
Colorado legislators choose path forward for metro districts
Given the choice between significant or lighter limits on metropolitan districts where most of the state’s new homes are being constructed, Colorado legislators have made…
Polis rolls out far-reaching affordable-housing package
Gov. Jared Polis rolled out his long-awaited affordable-housing plan Wednesday — a sweeping proposal that seeks to end some cities’ ability to stop denser housing…
House modifies, passes right-of-first-refusal bill
A bill to allow local governments the right of first refusal on most apartment complexes that go up for sale passed the Colorado House on…
Colorado governments could insert themselves into apartment sales to preserve affordable housing
Colorado could become the first state to require that local governments get a first crack at buying any substantially sized multifamily housing complex that goes…
A look at two diverging approaches to affordable housing this session
As Colorado legislators seek solutions to the state’s affordable-housing crisis, the contrast between two proposals that played out Monday at the Capitol shows how wide…