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Fort Collins has passed new land use code that increases building density and allows ADUs, or accessory dwelling units. The city council voted 5-1 last Tuesday to adopt the changes. Revisions to the land use code have been years in the making and the process has been divisive in the community.
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Plans for thousands of new homes by 2040 may still leave some Steamboat residents feeling 'hopeless'Steamboat Springs nurse Sanaya Sturm wants to buy a home. She’s put in over a dozen offers but gets outbid by cash offers, or the house she wanted is converted into a short-term rental. Meanwhile, the local housing authority wants to build over 2,000 homes by 2040. Will this plan solve the housing crisis for her and thousands of other residents?
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The housing crisis is tightening its grip on mountain communities. That’s the subject of the new season of KUNC’s The Colorado Dream. Host and creator Stephanie Daniel joins In the NoCo for a series of conversations about the new season. We begin in Summit County.
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KUNC’s The Colorado Dream podcast captures the struggles and successes of residents determined to make a life in Colorado. Ahead of the third season's debut, which unpacks how Colorado’s housing crisis is affecting mountain communities, we explore how these stories reflect the resilience of Coloradans.
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The housing crisis is touching Coloradans in multiple ways. In recent surveys, residents pointed to some of its underpinnings — affordable housing and homelessness — as their biggest concerns. In today's episode, Zach Neumann, an eviction attorney and co-founder of the Community Economic Defense Project, discusses what is working and what needs to change to keep more Coloradans housed.
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Thousands of homeowners in Colorado face the risk of wildfire damage. Wildfire economist Jude Bayham discussed those risks and what people can do to stay safe.
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Colorado environment and health reporter Michael Booth joined us to discuss what owners of properties in mountain towns are saying as the fight over short-term rentals rages on.
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KUNC Programing & Operations Manager Desmond O'Boyle spoke to Tracy Ross with the Colorado Sun about suspect HOA foreclosure practices in Colorado and the state of the drive-in movie theater.
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As insurers abandon Colorado communities, the state’s new FAIR Plan is stepping in to help. But what will it cost policyholders in a time of ‘escalating catastrophic risk'?
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A redevelopment proposal in Breckenridge aims to reshape two controversial developments and promises to bring hundreds of additional beds of privately funded workforce housing.