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Department of Local Affairs launches new rental assistance website, awards
$6.025M in affordable housing
Denver,
CO – July 1, 2021 – The
Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) Division of Housing (DOH) has
published a new website to simplify obtaining emergency rental assistance as
well as upcoming homeowner relief, and awarded $6.025M through the Colorado
State Housing Board (SHB) for affordable...
High Court Says CDC Lacks Authority
In a 5-4 ruling Tuesday evening, the U.S. Supreme Court said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lacked authority to implement a blanket, nationwide eviction moratorium.
Although the court declined to lift the ban immediately, the ruling means the current moratorium will expire at the end of July.
“This is a massive victory for property rights,”...
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. We are excited to announce that after all our work with other housing stakeholders and legislators, HB 1271 was first to be signed by the Governor over the weekend in Basalt....
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....
The unprecedented housing crisis in Colorado will soon see an equally extraordinary flood of cash. In Colorado's high country, where affordable housing is a decades-long issue that exploded into a catastrophe last year, an army of developers on the front lines of a complex campaign to build workforce housing are ready to help guide the sudden influx of funding.
Once the...
Legislative Advocacy this Week at the State Capitol
2021 Legislative Session Comes to an End
The 2021 legislative session came to a close late Tuesday. Over
the past 116 legislative days, the Colorado legislature tackled several huge
issues such as statewide transportation funding that has plagued the state for
many years. Policymakers also allocated large state and federal stimulus
dollars as our state works toward pandemic...
Legislative Advocacy this week at the State Capitol
Transparency and Accountability Improvements for Special Districts
Senate Bill 262 increases transparency and accountability about property taxes for residents. Special Districts include anything from your neighborhood construction improvement or development to fire district or scientific and cultural district or even water districts such as Water World. One type of special district is a metro...
Legislative Advocacy this week at the State Capitol
Amendments Increase Requirements for Disclosure and Transparency of Fees in HOAs
House Bill 1229 increases requirements for disclosure and transparency in the operations of HOAs in Colorado common interest ownership communities. The bill requires HOAs to maintain a list of all fees, assessments, and expenses that it charges in connection with the purchase or...
A U.S. District Court judge for the District of Columbia ruled Wednesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s nationwide eviction moratorium is unlawful, striking down the ban and delivering relief to housing providers who haven’t been able to collect rent from struggling tenants for more than a year. But the struggle for housing providers isn't over. The U.S. Department of...
On April 20, 2021, Gov. Jared Polis issued Executive Order D 2021 088, Providing Assistance for Tenants at Risk for Eviction Due to COVID-19.
The Executive Order Suspends C.R.S. § 13-40-104(1)(d) that require landlords to serve 10-Day Demands For Rent or Possession. Instead, landlords must provide tenants with thirty (30) days’ notice of any default for nonpayment that occurred...
