Author: Ed Sealover
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Colorado energy board will consider sweeping homebuilding mandates
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An Energy Code Board set up by a 2022 Colorado law will vote this week on recommendations that could require future homes to be built to much more efficient standards — but that also could exacerbate Colorado’s housing affordability crisis, critics fear. The final draft of the model low energy and carbon code is extensive,…
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Colorado could grant telecom industry’s wish to speed local review of cell phone towers
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As cell-phone service has moved from being a nicety to a critical business need, wireless providers are investing $30 billion annually to grow national infrastructure. But in some parts of Colorado, they say, it can take months or years to get a permit to build a cell tower. Colorado legislators appear poised to step into…
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New effort to ban ‘junk fees’ in Colorado shifts focus to different industry
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Colorado Democrats once again are seeking to ban “junk fees” that get added without option onto the advertised prices of goods and services, but their focus this year has shifted largely from hotels and ticket sellers to landlords. Following a four-hour hearing Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee advanced House Bill 1090, which seeks to define…
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A year makes a big difference for first-refusal, housing-study efforts
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One year after Gov. Jared Polis saw local-government backers block his land-use reform bill and then vetoed his party’s efforts to give cities and counties right of first refusal on some apartment sales, he signed two housing bills Thursday that attack the issues in new ways. In separate ceremonies, Polis inked a scaled-down measure granting…
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In shift, appointed commission proposes cap on property-tax revenue increases
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Faced with the increasing likelihood of having to contend with a tax-revenue cap initiative on the November ballot, the appointed Commission on Property Tax pivoted after five months of talks Friday and decided to recommend its own, slightly higher cap. Days after Sen. Chris Hansen floated a draft bill with tax reductions for commercial and…
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In shift, appointed commission proposes cap on property-tax revenue increases
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Faced with the increasing likelihood of having to contend with a tax-revenue cap initiative on the November ballot, the appointed Commission on Property Tax pivoted after five months of talks Friday and decided to recommend its own, slightly higher cap. Days after Sen. Chris Hansen floated a draft bill with tax reductions for commercial and…
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Jared Polis seeks EPA waiver for gas mandate that he says would hurt economy and environment
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Gov. Jared Polis has submitted a last-ditch waiver request to try to prevent northern Front Range gas stations from having to sell reformulated gas this summer, saying the federal mandate could cost Coloradans 60 cents per gallon and actually increase air pollution. The request, submitted to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan in an…
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Bill to raise short-term rental tax rates suffers defeat
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A bill that sought to quadruple tax-assessment rates for Colorado owners of active short-term rental properties died at its first legislative committee hearing on Tuesday, even after its author attempted to scrap the controversial tax hike in favor of studying the issue instead. Sponsoring Sen. Chris Hansen, D-Denver, called Senate Bill 33 as a tax-fairness…
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Bill to raise short-term rental tax rates suffers defeat
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A bill that sought to quadruple tax-assessment rates for Colorado owners of active short-term rental properties died at its first legislative committee hearing on Tuesday, even after its author attempted to scrap the controversial tax hike in favor of studying the issue instead. Sponsoring Sen. Chris Hansen, D-Denver, called Senate Bill 33 as a tax-fairness…
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Senate committee kills bill to give regulatory relief to appraisers
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Appraisers, an aging and thinning sector crucial to Colorado leaders’ goal of increasing the supply of housing statewide, will not get the regulatory relief this session that some industry leaders have said is crucial to avoiding further flight from the profession. A Senate committee killed a bill to give appraisers a five-year statute of repose…