construction defects
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Builders say state’s push fails to create more affordable housing
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What’s the secret sauce for making homes more affordable in Colorado? That’s the question that renters are asking when the median price of a home — now $550,000 — ranks Colorado as one of the least affordable places to live in the nation. Fourth or fifth from the bottom, according to some rankings. Colorado is…
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Colorado lawmakers water down ‘construction defects’ bill; Regulators investigate Xcel’s preemptive power shutdown; Denver imposes hiring freeze to pay for immigration crisis | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is April 11, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: A watered-down version of the Senate’s “construction defects” bill won preliminary approval on Wednesday after four hours of debate and over two weeks of delays, as bill sponsors worked with multiple amendments. With just a few provisions remaining from the original version, Senate…
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Colorado lawmakers water down ‘construction defects’ bill; Regulators investigate Xcel’s preemptive power shutdown; Denver imposes hiring freeze to pay for immigration crisis | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is April 11, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: A watered-down version of the Senate’s “construction defects” bill won preliminary approval on Wednesday after four hours of debate and over two weeks of delays, as bill sponsors worked with multiple amendments. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); With just a few provisions remaining from the…
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Colorado’s ‘construction defects’ law explained
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Ask just about any Colorado legislator, regardless of party, what they believe to be one of the biggest issues facing the state and there’s a high likelihood they will say housing. More specifically, state lawmakers are grappling with the lack of affordable units for first-time homebuyers due in part to the Construction Defect Reform Act,…
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Colorado’s justices weigh immunity for municipalities acting as housing developers
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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court appeared skeptical this week of the idea that local governments lose their immunity under state law when they act as affordable housing developers. The Colorado Governmental Immunity Act broadly shields public entities from lawsuits over injuries they cause. Although there are exceptions to the immunity, the purpose of the…
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Tort-reform organization honors 55 lawmakers, cities construction defects breakthrough
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The Colorado Civil Justice League cited breakthrough tort-reform legislation this year as it honored 55 of the legislature’s 100 members Friday at the Four Seasons hotel in Denver. “Common sense in the courtroom requires justice for those who have been wronged, balanced by fairness for those who may be wrongfully accused,” CCJL executive director Mark…
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Q&A w/Scott Smith: Home builders’ point man talks about housing costs, growth control and more
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Legislative efforts to reform the state’s laws on construction liability – “construction defects” was the buzz phrase – became one of the dominant themes of the 2017 session at the State Capitol. The seemingly obscure issue also became the focus of intense media coverage. After all, the end game mattered a lot to ordinary Coloradans:…
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A whole bunch of Colorado laws go into effect Wednesday
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Wednesday marks 90 days since the end of the legislative session, which means Colorado law is set to change in ways large and small as a passel of new statutes join to legal code. More than 200 laws are set to take effect on Aug. 9. More take effect at staggered dates, depending on how…
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Key biz group dissects steps taken toward construction-litigation reform
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The state’s chamber of commerce and statewide voice of Colorado Business, the Colorado Association of of Commerce and Industry, offers a worthy complement to ColoradoPolitics.com’s own news coverage of legislative and court actions to rein in the litigation that is believed to have constricted the state’s housing stock. As our Joey Bunch pointed out in…
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Staff picks: The 5 most important stories this week in Colorado Politics
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This week’s Colorado political news touched on a little bit of everything, seemingly: a new state party, a career opportunity for a high court justice, shoddy construction and cops’ rewards for crime busting. These are the Colorado Politics stories our staff thinks you’ll be hearing more about in the weeks, months and years to come:…
