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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...
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January 14, 2022
Legislative Advocacy this Week at the State Capitol
Welcome to the Second Regular Session of the 73rd General Assembly
Welcome back to public policy season. On Wednesday, the
Legislative Session commenced and we will be working on important policy at the
Capitol related to REALTOR(R) Party issues for the next 120 days.
The Legislative Policy Committee (LPC) will begin reviewing bills
next week, so if you...
We need your help immediately! House Democratic leadership is working on legislation, extending the CDC Eviction Moratorium through December 31, which is moving quickly and could happen TODAY! We need Congress to hear our position:
REALTORS® are opposed to any "unreasonable effort by Congress to extend the eviction ban without assistance for small housing providers."
Forcing landlords to provide free housing for vaccinated Americans may...
There is a lot to celebrate this year as CAR honors our 100 years of service to Colorado consumers and looks ahead at how to serve our clients and communities in the century ahead. Over the past several months, CAR and Habitat for Humanity worked to push forward four legislative solutions aimed at helping improve homeownership opportunities for all Coloradans....
This Week at the State Capitol:
Housing Development Grants Hotels Tenancy Support Program (SB21-242)
Senate Bill 242 transfers $15 million from the General Fund to the Housing Development Grant Fund within the Division of Housing for rental assistance, tenancy support service programs and grants and loans to purchase underutilized hotels, motels and other properties for temporary housing. The bill expands those who...
Celebrate Fair Housing Month
Colorado REALTORS® promote fair housing and anti-discrimination policies and practices in our advocacy and day-to-day business. This year, CAR introduced the Century of Opportunity Legislative Package that aims to remove barriers to homeownership, and increase opportunity for economic mobility for all Coloradans, especially Colorado's communities of color who represent less homeownership across our state. Those solutions include:
1....
Government Affairs Update
Today marks a big legislative win for the Colorado Association of REALTORS®. Colorado's policymakers introduced a proposal that would allow inclusionary zoning practices and open the door to rent control at the local level. CAR successfully amended the bill to clarify that a local government cannot enact rent control policies on existing units. As REALTORS® know, our state...
We've past groundhog day and it's another four months of legislative session to go, this time into June after the General Assembly took a month long Covid-19 pause. While the air may be chilly this President's holiday weekend, our Legislative Policy Committee is gearing up for a very busy session starting on Tuesday, Feb. 16 where we might see...
Posted on
December 17, 2020
The Road to Recovery, a project developed by the Colorado Business Roundtable and Common Sense Institute, brings together dozens Colorado leaders from a wide range of industries and backgrounds to develop recommendations for getting Colorado back to work.
“While COVID-19
has brought unprecedented challenges in terms of health and safety for
Coloradans and the business community, the disruption has brought an
opportunity to rethink...
