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Metro Denver and Colorado Springs Inch Into the 10 Least Affordable U.S. Housing Markets

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Metro Denver and Colorado Springs Inch Into the 10 Least Affordable U.S. Housing Markets. With rising demand and inadequate regional supply, Colorado metros like Denver are seeing home price gains topping 20%. . Colorado as a state had the fifth most competitive housing market in the country in February, with 58.4%

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Colorado Lawmakers Push for Updated Zoning Regulations to Combat Statewide Housing Crisis

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The need is mounting: New housing builds have cratered since the 2008 financial crisis, according to analyses by the Common Sense Institute and the Colorado Housing Affordability Project, as migration into the state and prices have surged. Read more Housing Markets Zoning Zoning

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How One Colorado City Paved the Way for In-Demand Affordable Senior Housing

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How One Colorado City Paved the Way for In-Demand Affordable Senior Housing ldeakins Fri, 03/24/2023 - 11:46 The city of Durango, CO donated 1.5 Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reports. The onsite supportive services allow the seniors to age in place while maintaining their independence.

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Students Build Net Zero House in Colorado

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Gabriella “Gabi” Abello and Hannah Blake met as freshman roommates at the University of Colorado Boulder. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon building event: they designed a net-zero energy house in Fraser, Colorado, one of the coldest towns in the nation. The CU team’s house is just under 1,200-square feet with 1.5

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Colorado Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Create Affordable Modular Homes

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Colorado Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Create Affordable Modular Homes. The Innovative Housing Incentive Program seeks create more affordable housing across Colorado with the help of modular homes manufacturers. . Modular housing is built in a factory before being shipped to a neighborhood to be assembled.

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Colorado Developers Seek to Rezone Shopping Areas for Housing

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Colorado Developers Seek to Rezone Shopping Areas for Housing. developers no longer saw hope in finding new retail tenants to purchase space in now-vacant Sears and Macy’s as shopping habits have changed, but they did find hope in housing. Housing Markets. cbroderick. Mon, 08/23/2021 - 10:01. Centennial, Colo.

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Metro Denver Adds 49 New Affordable Housing Units

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The one-bedroom apartments, with support services from WellPower, seek to transition homeless individuals back into long-term housing. and financing came from Denver’s Homelessness Resolution Fund, the Colorado Housing & Finance Authority, and the Colorado Division of Housing, The Denver Gazette reports.

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