Colorado Futures Center News Headlines
News agencies reporting on the findings of Colorado Futures Center research. Please note that all of the links below are third party websites and unaffiliated with Colorado Futures Center.
Critical Colorado Housing Issues
- Denver doesn’t want to know how much housing it needs — and it needs a lot https://www.denverpost.com/2020/08/07/bosselman-denver-doesnt-want-to-know-how-much-housing-it-needs-and-it-needs-a-lot
- Denver rents keep rising no matter how much housing we build. Now what?: https://denverite.com/2020/05/28/how-can-denver-solve-its-affordable-housing-crisis/
- Coloradans are choosing to live with more people than before, study says: https://www.coloradopolitics.com/quick-hits/coloradans-are-choosing-to-live-with-more-people-than-before/article_80e2d934-becb-11e9-9e1f-1f2b35e743a5.html
- More and more families are doubling up in Colorado homes: https://denverite.com/2019/08/14/more-and-more-families-are-doubling-up-in-colorado-homes/
- Colorado’s doubled up households have surged since the recession. That could prolong the housing crunch: https://coloradosun.com/2019/10/02/colorado-doubled-up-households/
- Number of households who double up still moving up in Colorado: https://www.denverpost.com/2019/08/22/number-of-households-who-double-up-still-moving-up-in-colorado/
- Denver’s chronic housing shortage may peak this year with deficit of 32,000 homes and apartments: https://www.denverpost.com/2018/01/28/denver-chronic-housing-shortage-fixes/
- How Colorado became one of the least affordable places to live in the U.S.: http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/01/news/economy/colorado-housing-prices/index.html
- No easy fixes on horizon for Denver metro area housing crunch: http://goldentranscript.net/stories/no-easy-fixes-on-horizon-for-denver-area-housing-crunch,258992
- Report paints bleak picture of housing affordability: https://www.csbj.com/2018/02/02/report-paints-bleak-picture-of-housing-affordability/
- Report: Denver’s housing shortages likely to remain in foreseeable future: https://www.thedenverchannel.com/lifestyle/real-estate/report-denvers-housing-shortages-likely-to-remain-in-foreseeable-future
- Metro area faces chronic housing shortage: http://newzgroup.com/PDFs/2-2/142695-01-28_21001.pdf
- Estes Park EDC Releases Report on Workforce Housing Issue: http://www.eptrail.com/weather/ci_31828363/estes-park-edc-releases-report-workforce-housing-issue
- Denver has more spare bedrooms than ever, but using them to help solve the housing crunch is a challenge: https://www.denverpost.com/2018/03/20/denver-spare-bedrooms-housing/
- Aaron Miripol: CLT’s can help solve the affordable housing crisis: http://www.dailycamera.com/guest-opinions/ci_31854889/aaron-miripol-clts-can-help-solve-affordable-housing
- Denver’s Affordable Housing Committee: We Deserve a C-: http://www.westword.com/news/denvers-affordable-housing-plan-is-being-heavily-criticized-9946246
- New Online Tool Helps You Understand Colorado’s State Budget By Balancing It Yourself: https://coloradofoic.org/new-online-tool-helps-you-understand-colorados-state-budget-by-balancing-it-yourself/
- CSU Involvement in Velorama Colorado Includes Economic Impact Report: http://source.colostate.edu/csu-involvement-velorama-colorado-includes-economic-impact-report/
- The Healthcare Bill Is A Job Killer Too: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d38zza/the-healthcare-bill-is-a-job-killer-too
- Metro North Economic Forecast: Expect ‘Trump Bump,’ Then Slowdown: http://bizwest.com/metro-north-economic-forecast-expect-trump-bump-slowdown/
- Study: Expansion of Medicaid a stimulus for Colorado economy: http://gazette.com/study-expansion-of-medicaid-a-stimulus-to-colorados-economy/article/1571883
- ‘Average earners’ priced out of Fort Collins housing market: http://www.kunc.org/post/average-earners-priced-out-fort-collins-housing-market
- Lack of affordable housing problematic for cities, study finds: http://www.cpr.org/news/story/lack-affordable-housing-problematic-cities-study-finds