Issue Briefs
Laws Regulating Landlords and Tenants (23-04)
This issue brief discusses the legal framework and lists further resources for landlords and tenants.
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Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Long-Term Lodging Exemption
Report No. 2023-TE3
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Home Modification Tax Credit
Report No. 2023-TE1
Issue Briefs
State Law Regarding Homeowners' Associations (23-03)
This issue brief provides an overview of the CCIOA provisions that regulate HOAs.
Issue Briefs
Regulation of Mobile Home Parks (22-04)
Since 2019, the state legislature has updated the Mobile Home Park Act several times. This issue brief provides background on mobile homes and an overview of the Mobile Home Park Act, including recent changes to the law regarding purchasing mobile home parks, evictions, and leases.
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
First-Time Home Buyer Savings Account Deduction
Report No. 2022-TE32
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Preservation of Historic Structures Tax Credit
Report No. 2022-TE33
07/28/2022
Business & Economic Development
Fiscal Policy & Taxes
Housing
Summary of Major Legislation
Summary of 2022 Housing Legislation
During the 2022 legislative session, the General Assembly considered housing bills to address affordability, homeowner associations, and families without housing.
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Affordable Housing Tax Credit
Report No. 2022-TE25
Final/Annual Reports
Affordable Housing Transformational Task Force Report
Colorado has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform its affordable housing system and make sure it works for Coloradans in every corner of the state. The $400 million in unallocated funding from the “American Rescue Plan Act of 2021” (ARPA) offers us a chance to make one-time...
Summary of Major Legislation
Summary of 2021 Housing Legislation
During the 2021 legislative session, the General Assembly focused on continued impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, landlord-tenant relations, and affordable housing.
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Prefabricated Homes Exemptions
Report No. 2021-TE8
Staff Publications
Housing Resources in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
This memorandum provides an overview of housing assistance programs and resources offered by federal, state, and local governments and nonprofit agencies throughout Colorado during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Issue Briefs
Local Government Affordable Housing Strategies
This issue brief focuses on additional strategies that local governments and communities in Colorado are using to meet the housing needs of residents.
Summary of Major Legislation
Summary of 2020 Housing Legislation
Interactions between landlords and tenants, funding related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and construction were major topics during the 2020 legislative session.
Issue Briefs
Restrictions on Natural Gas Use in Buildings (20-17)
Some U.S. cities have adopted legislation to limit or restrict the use of natural gas systems in new construction, instead requiring building systems or appliances to be powered by electricity. In response to these natural gas prohibitions, some states have enacted legislation prohibiting...
08/20/2020
Business & Economic Development
Capital Construction
Energy
Housing
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
State-Employed Chaplains Housing Allowance
Report No. 2020-TE17
Issue Briefs
Mobile Home Parks Overview (20-03)
This issue brief provides background information on mobile homes and an overview of the Mobile Home Park Act, including recent changes to the law with regard to county ordinances, registrations, the dispute resolution and enforcement program, and evictions.
Summary of Major Legislation
Summary of Housing Legislation (2019)
Interactions between landlords and their tenants was a major topic during the 2019 legislative session. This was evident in bills that made changes to the eviction process, unfit rentals, rental applications, and mobile home parks.
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Historic Property Preservation Tax Credit
Report No. 2019-TE7
01/16/2019
Business & Economic Development
Fiscal Policy & Taxes
Housing
Fiscal Policy & Taxes
Property Tax Relief Programs for Senior Citizens
This memorandum provides information on five types of programs that provide property tax and/or rental cost relief to seniors.
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Long-Term Lodging Exemption
Report No. 2018-TE8
Note: A more recent evaluation was issued in January 2023. Click HERE to access the January 2023 report.
Summary of Major Legislation
Summary of Housing Legislation (2017)
During the 2017 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures related to affordable housing, landlord-tenant agreements, construction defects, and homelessness.
Issue Briefs
State Law Regarding Homeowners' Associations
A homeowners’ association (HOA) is an organization that makes and enforces rules for properties and common areas within a planned community. Anyone who purchases a property in the community is automatically an HOA member required to pay dues, which typically go toward paying for communal...
Issue Briefs
Laws Addressing Service Animals and Assistance Animals
According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, approximately 10.3 percent of Colorado’s population reported having a disability in 2015. Many of those individuals use a service animal or assistance animal to cope with their disability. This issue brief defines the...