Missed this when it went out yesterday. Awesome recognition for our housing series. I think this is the first time I've ever placed in a national contest. Congrats to everyone who worked on it John Perry Zachary Hansen Michael E. Kanell Find the series here: ajc.com/americandream

I made it out, please clap

I will not engage on Twitter I will not engage on Twi…. sigh, people in lower income brackets pay *the highest effective tax rates in the state* because of sales tax and property tax via their rent

I wrote a thing. *returns to Twitter hibernation*

man why didn’t I think of that, should’ve compared to more cities coloradosun.com/2024/03/18/col…

The affordability requirements on thousands of publicly funded, low-cost housing units built decades ago are now expiring — a trend that’s only going to accelerate in the coming years coloradosun.com/2024/04/17/col… via @coloradosun

The Colorado House passed a bill supporters hope can preserve some of the state's affordable units. It would give local govts a “right of first refusal” to buy privately owned affordable housing once rent restrictions expire via The Colorado Sun Brian Eason buff.ly/3Q4AARI

15 ways housing, development and renters’ rights could change in Colorado this year cpr.org/2024/04/25/15-…

Something to keep in mind with all the land use reforms being debated in Colorado: "Housing experts say it’s likely to take at least three to five years after a statewide policy is passed before the public should expect to see any real changes in housing production"

The transit-oriented housing tax credits are back. The House just popped them into a separate bill, HB-1434, which also expands the affordable housing tax credit

Brian Eason The bill still has language allocating $35 million for in a TOC grant fund. That's on pages 55 and 56 of the latest version of the bill draft: leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/…

On Tuesday, Ginal told The Denver Post that it was a “free country” and that people should be able to use apps and algorithms they pay for. ProPublica found the app in question "is helping drive rents higher, by the company's own admission." propublica.org/article/yields…

The question facing policymakers is not if the falling value of office buildings in cities—and the resulting reduced property taxes—will affect local budgets, but how bad it will get. tpc.io/4dfyRTL

Can't wait to dive into this. If Marisa can't let a story go after 6 years, you know it's gonna be a helluva read usatoday.com/story/news/inv…

“Enormous progress” for tenants: Here’s how the Colorado legislature tried to help renters in 2024 coloradosun.com/2024/05/23/col… #copolitics #coleg via Brian Eason

I finally got around to geeking out about parking minimums: Developers in the U.S. are forced to build parking no one uses. In Colorado, that’s starting to change. coloradosun.com/2024/06/10/col… via @coloradosun

Using affordable housing dollars once reserved exclusively for low-income residents, the state of Colorado has begun subsidizing rental units for middle-income families who make as much as $170,000, reports Brian Eason @coloradosun. coloradosun.com/2024/07/18/col…

Wrote about how Colorado state lawmakers are redefining what "affordable housing" means, and who should benefit from it, as the effects of the housing crisis move up the income ladder coloradosun.com/2024/07/18/col… via @coloradosun

idk looks pretty fun to me

DOJ, Colorado AG's office sue RealPage for subverting competition "openly and directly — and American renters are left paying the price." coloradosun.com/2024/08/23/rea…