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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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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…