“Rents are too high.” Supporters of removing a rent control ban cast it not as a silver bullet to Colorado’s housing affordability crisis but as a tool that should be available to local officials.
and it comes as lawmakers and Polis weigh an array of legislation to address Colorado’s growing housing crisis.
Supporters cast rent control not as a silver bullet to Colorado’s housing affordability crisis but as a tool that should be available to local officials. Mabrey said he supported ongoing debates about land-use reform —If enacted, the bill would allow local authorities to step in and regulate rent increases.landlords can only increase rent by 7% plus inflation in a given year. St.
It’s unclear if local governments would take up that mantle. Kevin Bommer, the executive director of the Colorado Municipal League, said the group was monitoring the legislation and would consider a formal position in the future. But he noted that no local official has come forward to ask the league to address the state prohibition, and he said the organization has a good relationship with the Colorado Apartment Association, a vocal opponent of rent control.
Mabrey said he was having ongoing conversations with Polis’s office. A similar effort to repeal the prohibition, which dates back to 1981, died in the Senate in 2019.
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