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CSI Homelessness Fellow, Dustin Zvonek joins Denver7 to discuss new report
Reasons cited include crime, homelessness and high office vacancies.
Colorado got bumped from the top 10 states for domestic migration, dropping to No. 16 nationally last year.
Our state now draws more people from abroad than from within our nation’s borders.
The Common Sense Institute reports that Colorado is no longer a top 10 moving destination for those from other states.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has completed his plan to bring 1,000 more people indoors by the end of 2024.
According to the Common Sense Institute, the number of unsheltered homeless in the metro area grew 247% in the last six years.
A Denver housing ordinance dubbed Expanding Housing Affordability is actually limiting new permits by one-third.
The Common Sense Institute in a May 22nd study found that increased demand and lagging development created a significant housing shortage and a major decline in affordability.
Earlier this year, the Common Sense Institute placed Colorado 50th in a ranking of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
We'll discuss whether the recent CO Senate Bill (SB24-233), now law, actually gives property tax relief to suffering CO homeowners.
DJ Summers talks about the new Colorado property tax relief proposal.
The 103-year-old jazz legend's name adorns the side of a permanently affordable housing development in one of Denver's most underserved communities.
Only 6% of homes sold in metro Denver in first quarter were affordable to households earning a typical income.
The fact is that wages aren’t keeping up with these huge jumps in home prices.
In the past 15 years crime has fallen 32% in Fort Collins.
Proponents and critics clashed over a proposal that sponsors argue would spur more construction of affordable condos.
As city cuts back on spending to address illegal immigration, Denver Parks stand to lose their color.
Denver announced earlier this year that it was cutting back on many programs to tackle its migrant crisis.
There’s broad agreement that a shortage of new condominiums is a key factor driving Colorado’s affordable-housing crunch.
Two bills aimed at reforming Colorado’s construction defect law advanced through the Legislature this week.
In Colorado, around 200 young adults age out of foster care annually.
At the same time along the same stretch of road in the heart of Colorado's most populous city, several homeless people openly used drugs.
Almost 40,000 migrants have come to Denver in the past 15 months, a number that’s become hard to comprehend.
How much will the migrant crisis end up costing Denver, and should we expect to see a city-sanctioned tent village?
The Colorado Sun held a virtual discussion about Denver’s migrant crisis with state officials.
Is inclusionary zoning an effective solution? This project looks at results from Denver, Boulder, mountain towns and more.
Mayor Johnston previously said Denver's migrant situation was not sustainable.
Lawmakers have proposed at least eight measures in the past eight years to address the "construction defects" issue.
A bill that would make it harder for homeowners to sue construction companies for defects was heard in a Colorado Senate committee on Tuesday.
During the 2023 legislative session, every idea about how to solve the state's affordable housing crisis was on the table.
After a pause in construction defects fight, advocates lean on Colorado housing crunch to spur new action
After a pause in construction defects fight, advocates lean on Colorado housing crunch to spur new action.
Although well intended, Gutiérrez doubts Denver would be facing the humanitarian crisis it is in without the promise of free shelter and onward travel.
In 2020 a $101,365 income was enough to own a home in Denver.
Can anything be done to increase the supply of housing and expand affordable housing options in Colorado Springs and surrounding areas?
Denver has spent $58 million since December 2022 on shelter, food and transportation for more than 39,000 migrants who have landed in the city, at least temporarily.
According to a recent report from Zillow, the number to own a home has since increased by 70.5%.
If you’re looking for a move out of the Centennial State, you’re not alone
The number of people crossing illegally into the United States from Mexico has dropped by 50% in the past month.
Denver has spent more than $42 million just housing and feeding immigrants.
Our city’s resources are going to be depleted trying to help these people.
This past election voters rejected Prop HH to cut property taxes. Then in a special session, lawmakers lowered property tax rates to 6.7%.
Owning a home in Colorado is not nearly as affordable as it used to be.
More people are moving to Colorado from international locations rather than from inside the U.S.
By embracing a “treatment-first” model, Colorado Springs is more effective than Denver in handling the homelessness crisis.
Former Denver mayoral candidate and longtime head of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce Kelly Brough joined the Common Sense Institute as a fellow.
Consumers' ability to afford a home in Denver and throughout Colorado continues to decline, according to a new report.
Consumers’ ability to afford a home in Denver and throughout Colorado continues to decline, according to a new report.
Aurora continues to face housing shortages, affordability issues.
Zenzinger has said the bill is necessary because the dearth of condominiums being built — they represent just 3% of new housing starts in Colorado.
The former Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce leader plans to study urban development for the think tank.
It is a pretty safe bet that if you ask any lawmaker of either party what the biggest issue facing the state is they will say, “Housing.”
The former Denver mayoral candidate will become a policy fellow at the conservative think tank, focusing on urban development and infrastructure.
Homeowners in Colorado could see a 25% increase in their property tax bills next year even though lawmakers passed legislation to lower assessment rates.
Following Proposition HH's defeat, Polis held a special legislative session to discuss alternatives.
It’s a new year, and with that comes both new and ongoing development plans in northern Colorado, from housing to hospitals.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced that his team had moved 1,000 unsheltered people indoors by Dec. 31.
Created in partnership with Cobbled Streets and Common Sense Institute and presented by the Morgridge Family Foundation and PBS12, “Rebecoming Me”.
The costs for assisting migrants arriving in Denver could amount to $500 per household in the city.
Mayor Mike Johnston plans to travel to D.C. this week to press White House and federal officials for a concrete solution to the illegal immigration.
Affordable housing is the number one issue for Colorado, according to Governor Polis and our elected officials.
Most Coloradans are aware that we are facing an affordability crisis in numerous sectors of our economy.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston said migrant aid could cost $180 million this year, but a Common Sense Institute study said the projection is “highly uncertain.”
Common Sense Institute aimed to contextualize the ongoing migrant crisis in Denver and the ever-increasing costs.
Mayor Mike Johnston's projection that the city could spend up to $180 million this year on illegal immigration.
The quest for affordable housing consumed policymakers' energy last year.
Homeowners say proposals could weaken protections for them.
The Common Sense Institute has ranked Colorado 51st — dead last — in “housing competitiveness,” a measure of housing supply and affordability.
In October, research from the CSI found approximately $1.9 billion will be spent from 2021 to the end of 2023 on homelessness in Colorado.
Colorado ranked last in housing competitiveness index ranking of the 50 states and the District of Columbia in the CSI’s 2023 Free Enterprise Report.
Of eight broad policy areas covered, only the state of Colorado’s infrastructure, yielded a positive outlook after CSI crunched the numbers.
A report released by the Common Sense Institute claimed that Colorado ranks dead last in terms of housing competitiveness nationwide.
It takes a lot longer to work to pay your rent or mortgage than it did four years ago, researchers say.
Unspent housing assistance. Voters’ top issues heading into 2024.
We look to the researchers at The Common Sense Institute for their detailed analysis of the housing situation here in Grand Junction.
CSI examined the growth of the homeless population in Colorado and estimated $1.9 billion will be spent on homelessness between 2021 and 2023.
According to a new white paper put out by the CSI, a think-tank, only 515 building permits for condominium projects were pulled last year. T
In 2005, there were more than 4,000 permits pulled for condos, according to a paper on the lack of condo construction in the state, by Peter LiFari.
CSI takes a deep dive into the growing numbers, rising costs, and a range of impacts that provide a very clear picture of the challenge.
Colorado’s private sector lost 1,900 jobs in July after losing 400 in June, marking the first back-to-back job losses in a year, wrote Cole Anderson.
Most homeowners on the front range will pay more than $1,000 in additional property taxes, CSI reported in a paper published on Thursday
The Common Sense Institute reported earlier in November that homelessness has increased in Denver by 58% in the past seven years.
By the end of this year, the city government could spend up to $39 million, according to a report by CSI, a Colorado free-enterprise think tank.
The Denver metro area witnessed nearly $2 billion in homelessness spending over a three year span, according to a new Common Sense Institute study.
The Common Sense Institute released a study concluding homelessness spending in the Denver metro area in the past three years will reach $2 billion.
Average single-family home prices in Colorado reached $625,000 in June, according to a Common Sense Institute study.
El reporte de CSI dice que en los primeros 10 meses de 2023 han ayudado a casi 25.000 inmigrantes, a un costo de más de 28 millones de dólares.
With input from the Common Sense Institute Study, the Gazette recalculated the healthy number of homebuilding permits needed to house Coloradans.
CSI concluded from the beginning of 2021 through 2023, more than $1.7 billion will have been spent combatting homelessness in the Denver area.
COMMON SENSE INSTITUTE FOUND A 76% DROP IN CONDOS STARTS IN THE LAST 15 YEARS. CSI IS SUGGESTING SOLUTIONS LIKE A STATEWIDE BUILDING STANDARD.
The median sale price for a condo or townhome in the Denver metro area was $425,000 in June, compared with $625,000 for a single-family home.
“The disappearance of condominiums in Colorado embodies the state’s housing affordability challenges,” Peter LiFari CSI Housing Fellow.
Lifari's new study addresses how reforming Colorado's construction defect law could help the state's critical shortage of reasonably priced housing.
A new study by Colorado’s non-partisan Common Sense Institute finds 43 new laws that create, and/or modify civil causes of action.
A report released this week by Colorado’s Common Sense Institute asks, “Where have all the condos gone?”
“The disappearance of condominiums in Colorado embodies the state’s housing affordability challenges,” Peter LiFari CSI Fellow.
CSI developed a Misery Index last year to evaluate the challenges homebuyers face in the current housing market. Colorado was Second behind Montana.
CSI recently ranked Colorado second on the homebuyer misery index, which depicts challenges homebuyers face in the current market.
Data from the Common Sense Institute, a nonprofit think tank, says Grand Junction’s homeless population increased around 43 percent since 2019.
Because of rising prices and interest rates, affordability for home buyers is near its lowest point in more than 33 years according to CSI.
Since January 2009, Colorado Springs has had an 80% decrease in home affordability, according to the Colorado Homebuyer Misery Index, released by CSI.
According to a recent report from the Common Sense Institute, Colorado ranks high (second nationwide) when it comes to the 'homebuyer misery index.'
CSI's February Colorado Springs Housing Affordability Study showed the 2022 Colorado Springs housing deficit is around 10,614 to 21,150 units.
CSI would like to see state and local lawmakers prioritize multi-family units and more affordable housing projects to fix the housing supply gaps.
The Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce & CSI Colorado will host discussion on issues in upcoming elections: housing, homelessness & crime.
The Housing misery index shows the top 10 cities in Colorado where affordability is decreasing the most. "We are dealing with record inflation rates."
Denver is upping its efforts to spur property conversions, which could help residents struggling to find an affordable place to live.
High property taxes a top issue for homeowners; some counties seeing jumps over 40%.
Indeed, the proposal will only be as successful as the number of local governments that participate in it, the CSI concluded in its report.
In 2021, the Common Sense Institute estimated the state was adding half of the 54,190 new units it needed to average per year for the next five years.
A study by the Common Sense Institute in 2021 concluded that nearly half a billion dollars was spent annually on homeless services in metro Denver.
Over the past five years, Denver’s unhoused population increased by 44%, according to the Common Sense Institute.
The Common Sense Institute reports that the city spent $516 million on homelessness last year.
March data provided from CSI showed Denver’s homeless population was 4,794 people in 2022 and 3,752 in 2021, which was slightly down from 2020.
According to CSI, Denver’s homeless population has risen by almost 44%—nearly 12 times faster than the city’s total population growth.
“On his second day in office, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston declared a state of emergency on the issue of homelessness and housing insecurity in Denver.”
Good research that produces reliable costs/benefits of proposed regulations such as that done by CSI on HB22-1362 before a new regulation is adopted.
Research by the Common Sense Institute found the affordability of purchasing a home in the Denver metropolitan area is near record lows.
The city's homeless population increased 44% over the past five years, according to a report by the Common Sense Institute.
The city’s homeless population increased 44% over the past five years, according to CSI, despite a record amount of money spent on the problem.
Common Sense Institute studying Colorado’s economy, found Colorado Springs is lacking between 10,614 and 21,150 affordable housing units.
Denver was ranked the 19th in resident population for incorporated places of 50,000 or more people with 713,252 people as of July 1, 2022.
The Common Sense Institute, a non-partisan research organization, released an analysis examining the fiscal impact of Denver's influx of immigrants.
Common Sense Institute's Kelly Caufield on new housing affordability report
Steven Byers with the CSI, estimates that metro Denver is short somewhere between 66,000 to 136,000 housing units given recent growth.
The cost to purchase an average-priced home in Denver metro area increased 112% during the past 11 years, with most occurring the last three years.
CSI has estimated that two thirds of $1 billion in nonprofit funding will be spent this year on homeless services in the Denver metro area.
According to the Common Sense Institute, Colorado’s “nonregional, local-control housing construct has severely constrained the industry’s ability to modernize, mitigating any opportunity to harness economie
The Common Sense Institute found Colorado had a housing shortage of 225,000 units in 2021, and the affordability of purchasing a home was the lowest in 33 years.
On Tuesday, 60% of Denver’s voters voted against redeveloping the Park Hill Golf Course into affordable housing.
A 2021 study by the Common Sense Institute estimated the city spent more than $100,000 per homeless person per year.
A 2021 Common Sense Institute report estimated the city of Denver spent between $41,679 and $104,201 per homeless person per year.
A study from the Common Sense Institute found Denver needs between 13,000 and 31,000 units.
Housing affordability research from Common Sense Institute shows the Colorado average hourly wage increased 27%, from $27 in 2015 to $34.71 in 2022.
Common Sense issued a report summarizing the Colorado Springs findings and comparing them with Denver's data, where homelessness continues to rise.
The CSI analysis says Denver is short between 13,000 and 31,000 housing units and will need to build between 31,000 and 49,000 more by 2028.
In 2021, CSI released The Economic Footprint of Homelessness in Metro Denver, providing an insight to the size, scope, and impact of homelessness.
The Common Sense Institute issued a report last month summarizing the Colorado Springs homelessness findings and comparing them with data from Denver.
Grand Junction’s homeless population is 14% higher than Denver’s, 75% higher than Boulder’s and 165% higher than Colorado Springs according to CSI.
The report by CSI suggests that providers and policymakers in Colorado Springs have responded effectively to the city’s shortage of shelter.
The Common Sense Institute's study contends that Colorado Springs has been more effective than metro Denver in reducing the number of homeless people.
Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers believes the Common Sense Institute's Colorado Springs Homelessness Study confirms what he’s believed for years.
CSI released a report saying the number of unhoused, and particularly unsheltered people has been rising rapidly in Grand Junction in recent years.
Gas prices are back over $4 a gallon but a bigger inflation culprit is housing prices. Fair Workweek bill on pause, more chips for Colorado Springs.
Between 46,600 and 72,600 permits are needed annually during the next two years to close the statewide housing supply deficit.
It takes twice as much work to put a roof over your head in Denver as it used to and some analysts are saying that may not change anytime soon.
“Finding, purchasing and paying for housing in Colorado continues to be a crisis, according to the nonpartisan nonprofit Common Sense Institute.”
The issue that garnered the most attention during the governor’s one-hour-plus State of the State address was housing.
Approximately 98% of Coloradans live in a county with an aggregate housing supply shortage, according to a report published last year by CSI
Car thefts are on track to exceed 48,000 this year, while arson, robbery and vandalis continue to spike, said the study, which cited FBI statistics.
The CSI estimates Colorado builders need to pull between 20,000 and 46,000 permits a year through 2025 to close the gap in the state’s housing stock.