A cluster of housing bills lawmakers passed last year — all designed to abate the astronomical price of housing in Colorado — are causing mixed reactions across the state.
The laws, two of which go into effect on Monday, reached into matters that previously were local decisions. They removed home occupancy limits, will allow for accessory dwelling units on single-family lots, will limit parking requirements in transit corridors and prodded cities to increase housing density in those transit-rich areas. The laws largely apply only to Front Range cities.
Six metro Denver cities are suing Gov. Jared Polis, who signed the measures into law a year ago. Two of the laws, the plaintiffs claim, unconstitutionally impinge on the authority of local governments to set their own land-use rules.
Others, like Longmont, are fulfilling what the law requires without resistance.
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