Housing

Durangoโ€™s hotel-to-housing project financing is a first in Colorado

Giant plastic sheets seal off the hazard zones where asbestos abatement is in full swing. The swimming pool where travelers once lounged is buried under fresh fill. Kitchen appliances, new smoke detectors and media boxes for internet access are being added to each of the 72 rooms in the former roadside inn. Plumbers are fitting new sink drains. A new community room, laundry facility and fitness center are being readied off the main entry. Saws buzz, hammers pound, and a giant Volvo L60H loader kicks up dust as it makes runs to fill the foundation where a new general store will rise.

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Plan to quadruple property taxes on short-term rentals fails in late-night Capitol committee vote

A bill that would haveย quadrupled the property taxesย on many homes offered as short-term rentals in Colorado was rejected late Tuesday in a Colorado Senate committee, marking at leastย the third time in recent yearsย that such a proposal has failed at the Capitol.ย 

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Aurora’s housing strategy team sets goals, gives recommendations for boosting affordable housing

City of Aurora officials this week reported progress advancing they city’s housing strategy, putting forth recommendations for enhancing the city’s stock of affordable housing and getting additional funding through Proposition 123.

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