Legislative Advocacy this Week at the State Capitol
Breaking news on HB-1287 Mobile Home Park Legislation (Rent Control)
Late last Friday evening, the state House, during their second
reading on the House Floor, an amendment was added to the bill that removed
rent control from the legislation. CAR, in earlier committee
testimony submitted to the legislature, advocated removing this section.
The amendment improves the legislation by removing...
Legislative Advocacy this Week at the State Capitol
Affordable Housing Bills at the Capitol CAR Speaks Up For Homeownership Options
It's been a very busy couple of weeks at the Capitol for housing
legislation.
There are several affordable housing bills at the Capitol, many
stemming from the summer's transformative affordable housing taskforce work and
some stemming from individual legislators themselves.
House Bill 1242 - Regulate Tiny Homes...
Legislative Advocacy this Week at the State Capitol
Halfway Through 120 days of Legislative Session
We're now just over halfway through the legislative session and
the general assembly will begin working on the state budget starting next week.
The forecasts from the Governor's Office and the Legislative Council Staff both showed a higher risk of inflation and highlighted the high costs of housing in...
Legislative Advocacy this Week at the State Capitol
Wildfire Legislation At the Capitol
There are a plethora of wildfire bills at the Capitol this year, whether it's matching local grants, changing insurance coverage after disasters, helping to cover homeowner mitigation costs to create defensible space, or creating healthier forests, or even looking at how camera's can help us see wildfires coming. CAR...
Legislative Advocacy this Week at the State Capitol
Updates on State Legislation
This week at the Capitol several bills continue to work their way
through the legislative process:
Senate Bill 22-099 Sealing Criminal Records was amended on February 24th in the Senate Judiciary Committee in several ways to make the bill work better for law enforcement and legal professionals that directly deal with...
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February 22, 2022
Legislative Advocacy this Week at the State Capitol
CAR is Working to Improve State Legislation
HB22-1007: Assistance Landowner Mitigation. The Colorado Association of REALTORS (CAR) is now in SUPPORT position after we received specific amendments to make the bill better by continuing the wildfire tax credit for individual landowners as an important part of the multi-pronged solution to address wildfire mitigation...
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February 11, 2022
Legislative Advocacy this Week at the State Capitol
CAR's GA Division and LPC Work on Housing and Wildfire Mitigation Bills
This week, CAR, at the direction of the Legislative Policy
Committee (LPC), worked to clarify and improve bills at the Capitol and worked
with executive agencies to mitigate current process issues in court practices
under previous legislation passed in 2021.
Senate Bill 22-019 is a bill...
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February 8, 2022
Legislative Advocacy this Week at the State Capitol
HB 1006 is supported by the Legislative Policy Committee (LPC) because it will help property owners that lease have the ability to get a property tax exemption for childcare. We think that this is a good public policy change that will help increase daycare and childcare centers in commercial buildings that might be...
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January 28, 2022
Legislative Advocacy this Week at the State Capitol
The Affordable Housing Transformative Interim Taskforce Releases Its Report
This week, the Affordable Housing Transformative Task Force that worked through the summer released their final report to the General Assembly.These recommendations will be the beginning of an advocacy and legislative process to determine how we spend the remaining federal ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) housing dollars...
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January 21, 2022
Legislative Advocacy this Week at the State Capitol
CAR Legislative Policy Committee Takes First Policy Positions
HB22-1051- Support-This legislation extends CHFA's income-tax credit program from December 2024 to December 2034. It will also increase the annual cap from $10 million to $15 million beginning in 2023 until the 2034 expiration of the program.
Between 2015 - 2021, the state Affordable Housing Tax...
