Thornton says without its Poudre water shares, its growth will grind to a halt before 2030 at a population of 160,000.
After nearly four years of lawsuits, court decisions and recriminations between Larimer County and Thornton over the city’s efforts toto fuel future growth, Colorado’s home builders are now weighing in with a warning that the ongoing standoff risks worsening the state’s affordable housing crisis.
According to the National Association of Home Builders, the letter said, a $1,000 increase in the cost of a median-cost new home bumps more than 2,300 Colorado households out of the market.grind to a halt before 2030 at a population of 160,000 But Gary Wockner, director of the non-profit Save The Poudre, accused the home builders last week of “spewing false information.” Wockner and others who have spent the last few years fighting the $423 million pipeline say Thornton could easily send its water down the Poudre to a point much closer to the city, like Windsor, before taking it out.
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