Housing prices are spiraling alongside homelessness. To solve this crisis, we need to recognize housing as a human right.
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Class Action Lawsuit Targets Colorado’s Largest Apartment Management Company Over ‘Junk Fees’
Colorado tenant Nichole Collins has initiated a class action lawsuit against Greystar, a national apartment management company. The lawsuit, filed Jan. 9, accuses Greystar of imposing unlawful and concealed “junk fees” that inflate the cost of living for tenants, further exacerbating the state’s housing affordability crisis.
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The Fight for Housing in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, like many cities along the Front Range, is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis. Paradoxically, while the citizens of Colorado Springs want “something to be done” about the “homeless problem,” projects that attempt to address that problem — by building more houses — face concerted opposition from community members.
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Low-Income Renters Across Colorado Need Our Help
The Keep Coloradans Housed Bill will help Colorado families stay in stable homes. Under consideration by the Colorado Senate, it will protect working families from bad actor landlords who charge excessive late fees and move to illegally evict struggling tenants.
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The special district snafu, by the numbers
Last year, after a bill-drafting error kept nine special districts in Colorado from collecting their already voter-approved tax revenue from retail marijuana sales, Gov. John Hickenlooper decided a legislative fix couldn’t wait until lawmakers returned in January and called a special session. Many Republican lawmakers, however, felt that the special session was a waste of time and taxpayer dollars, and ultimately stopped a solution from passing through the Colorado Senate.