The Colorado Springs Gazette editorial: Colorado should allow affordable housing
It seems like everyone wants to live in Colorado, for obvious reasons. The climate. The culture. The great outdoors.
Colorado Springs has become so attractive that a U.S. News & World Report survey identified it as the large city most people would move to if given unlimited options, second only to Honolulu.
Despite all this, Colorado no longer ranks high on lists of places bringing in the waves of young professionals ready to create wealth and bring up kids. There’s only one reason.
We lack affordable housing.
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