New Study Finds Government Taxes and Fees Add Tens Of Thousands To Colorado Home Prices
By Peter Lifari | Commentary, The Denver Gazette
Colorado’s economic competitiveness is slipping, and housing affordability is one of the most important reasons why. Policymakers have more control over this than they might think.
A new report from the Common Sense Institute details tens of thousands of dollars in housing-construction costs created not by land or water scarcity, labor costs, materials costs, market conditions or interest rates — but by nothing more than policy.
Housing affordability is as much an economic development and competitiveness issue as it is a social one. That matters in a state tracking business establishment losses and domestic migration losses.
This is a relatively new development for Colorado. For years, the ...