Housing

Starting on Monday, new state laws will ban firearms in so-called “sensitive spaces” and remove local limits on how many people can live together. The measures are among more than a dozen new state laws going into effect next week.

Northern Colorado could become the epicenter of an innovative approach to home building. A new company headquartered in Greeley uses 3D concrete printing to create houses -- meaning they build each home one thin, concrete layer at a time. And soon they’ll help teach students at Aims Community College how to do this work.

Eight Colorado State University students are graduating after some rocky years of couch surfing and being unhoused. They relied on subsidized housing through a local nonprofit to make it through.

Governor Jared Polis signed a bill Monday that eliminates discriminatory occupancy limits statewide. Several communities in Northern Colorado will be impacted, including Fort Collins, and residents have mixed responses.

Last year, lawmakers handed Gov. Jared Polis a major defeat when they rejected his controversial plan to tackle Colorado’s housing crisis. Now, a similar set of proposals is advancing in the legislature despite bipartisan opposition. Polis signed one proposal into law Monday that will ban occupancy limits statewide, but the rest of his housing proposals face an uncertain future.

Immigrants in Colorado's mountain communities supply much of the service industry work that keeps these resort towns humming. Lack of transportation, lack of affordable housing, and language barriers are just some of the challenges immigrants face here. On today's episode of In The NoCo, we talk with Mountain Dreamers, a group that advocates for immigrants in Summit County.

Housing insecurity and homelessness are hitting young people hard in Northern Colorado. KUNC’s new series, “Unseen but Everywhere,” examines the problem. Today on In The NoCo, we hear from the reporters who spent time with young people struggling to stay housed.

Nearly half of all college students nationwide said they struggle to pay utilities or rent while also managing medical, grocery and transportation bills. Thousands of college students succumb to these challenges every semester.

A massive redevelopment project in Boulder is causing a lot of angst in the community, especially because it would involve the demolition of the Dark Horse bar, an iconic local establishment.

KUNC statehouse reporter Lucas Brady Woods takes us inside the halls of power today to explain what lawmakers are prioritizing at the Colorado state Capitol.