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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GOP Legislator Suggests Coloradans Could Use Rent Aid Checks to ‘Buy Cocaine All Day’
Colorado’s legislators returned to the Capitol yesterday, answering the Governor’s call for a special session to address skyrocketing property taxes following voters rejection of Prop HH. Progressives criticized the initiative in part for offering insufficient aid to the third of Coloradans who rent rather than own. In the first hearing of the session, House legislators debated a bill to create a $30M rental relief fund administered by the Division of Housing in partnership with housing nonprofits.
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CU Boulder Police Department Fires Officer Over Racist, Anti-Homeless Reddit Posts
Last week the University of Colorado Boulder Police Department (CUPD) issued a statement notifying that they had fired Officer Drew Matthews.
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We Need More Affordable Housing in Denver
Earlier this month, The Denver Post reported that the metro Denver area is now the eighth least affordable city nationwide. We feel this every day as the cost of daily necessities rises, and it becomes more and more difficult to live and thrive in our city. Policymakers must act swiftly and boldly to meet the needs of our community.
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When Wall Street Came to My Mobile Home Park
For the last 20 years, I have lived and thrived in a mobile home community. I loved where I live — right up until Wall Street bought the park and threatened the well-being of myself, my neighbors, and my family.
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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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Virtual Trainings Aim to Support Coloradans Dealing With Eviction and Paid Leave During Pandemic
“I just want to start off this training by saying that this is not the world that I want,” said Jason Legg. “The rules and laws I’m going to talk about are how the world is right now.”
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Report: A Middle-Class Income Doesn’t Get You A Middle-Class Lifestyle In Colorado
Colorado’s middle class is rapidly shrinking, according to a new report that raises concerns about growing income inequality in the state.