Colorado’s Housing Crisis: Not Enough Homes Fuels Third-Highest Rent in America
By Marissa Ventrelli | The Denver Gazette
Colorado had the third highest rent and fifth highest home prices in 2023, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis from a zoning group.
Compiled by a group called National Zoning Atlas, the analysis examined zoning codes in all 334 of Colorado's jurisdictions to assess how zoning affects housing affordability in the state.
Of those 334 jurisdictions, 275 have zoning codes — but not all are openly available to the public, the analysis said.
"Affordable" housing has been a top priority of Gov. Jared Polis since he was first elected in 2019, a goal shared by policymakers, though they often sharpy differ how to achieve that aim.
Some push for greater density as a solution to many of the state's urban problems.
In Denver, that reason...