YIMBY News for 7/8

[Eric Budd]

Colorado lobbyists were paid nearly $70 million in the last year. These 5 bills show their influence on policy.

Denver Post Politics

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KEYWORD SCORE: 31.39. apartment, construction, development, homeowner, house, housing, income, land-use, occupancy, parking, project, rent, renter, single-family, zone

Money spent on lobbying in Colorado again hit a record high this year — but the tally only begins to hint at the ways the deluge steers policy through the statehouse. In all, the $69.6 million paid to Colorado lobbyists in the most recent fiscal year, which ended June 30 and included this year’s legislative session, slightly exceeded what was spent on the fight for the U.S. Senate seat on the state’s ballot in 2022. That annual lobbying tab has more than doubled since the 2012-13 fiscal year, and three of the five past years saw 10% annual bumps in spending, according to lobbying records maint

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New law will make it tougher for Colorado HOAs to foreclose on homes

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 21.05. affordable, affordable housing, condo, cooperative housing, cooperative housing, homeowner, house, housing, project, rent, renter

[image: Front of a house] [image: The Unaffiliated — All politics, no agenda.] ------------------------------ Colorado homeowners associations will have a tougher time foreclosing on their residents for unpaid debt starting in August. House Bill 1337, signed by Gov. Jared Polis in early June, creates new hurdles for HOAs before they can file for foreclosure and limits how much associations can charge in attorney fees when they are trying to collect what they’re owed. It also gives homeowners and renters a second chance at keeping their properties in the event a house is foreclosed on by an HOA

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