YIMBY News for 4/25

[Eric Budd]

What’s Working: Metro Denver is still in a renter’s market. Here’s what pushed the average rent down to 2022 levels

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 38.22. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, construction, downtown, growth, house, housing, housing price, income, project, rent, renter, supply

------------------------------ [image: A graphic showing how much the ingredients in a burger have increased]Several apartment buildings managed by Cornerstone along East 14th Avenue in Capitol Hill. (Claudia A. Garcia, Special to The Colorado Sun) *Tamara Chuang* *Business/Technology Reporter* *Quick links*: Apartment oversupply | What’s behind the $1,758 | If Rockies were #1 | Mile High Asian Food Week | Lots more! The deals got even better for Denver apartment hunters this year, according to the latest rent and vacancy report from the Apartment Association of Metro Denver. With multiple apa

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Santa Cruz County’s “Retroactive Certification” Stunt is a Waste of Time and an Insult to Housing Law

YIMBY Law

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KEYWORD SCORE: 19.88. development, housing, project, yimby, zoning

In March, Santa Cruz County asked the California Department of Housing & Community Development (HCD) to ignore California statute, case law, and go back in time two years to change its own decision on the off chance that it will kill two housing projects, one of which the Board already approved. This absurd dysfunction is everything wrong with Californian governance. Instead of building housing, something the County was already legally obligated to do and had agreed to do in its Housing Element, the Board of Supervisors is wasting staff time on a long shot to stop two projects that have been i

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