SB19-225 - Stop Rent Control from coming to Colorado!

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This state is trying to one up California.

Link below if you want email your state representatives.

https://www.nmhc.org/communications/take-action-CO/

Rent-focused bills at the legislature:

Senate Bill 225

?Authorize Local Governments To Stabilize Rent?

The measure would allow local governments to enact rent-stabilization ordinances for private property, which are currently prohibited under Colorado law.

House Bill 1118

?Time Period to Cure Lease Violation?

Requires a landlord to give a tenant 10 days ? instead of the current three days ? to pay overdue rent or fix a lease violation before the landlord can start eviction proceedings.

House Bill 1170

?The Safe and Healthy Homes Act?

Gives renters more recourse when a landlord will not respond to complaints about poor living conditions. Strengthens law to say apartments must have working appliances, must be free of mold ?associated with dampness,? and must provide living conditions that are not ?materially dangerous or hazardous to the tenant?s life, health or safety.?

House Bill 1106

Rental Application Fees

Prohibits landlords from charging a rental application fee unless the landlord uses the entire amount to process the application ? running background checks, checking references. The landlord is required to provide an itemized description of the fee and make a good-faith effort to return the portion of the fee not spent.

Also, a landlord must not consider rental or credit history more than seven years old. They must not consider an arrest record more than five years old. Exceptions include homicide, sex offenses and cooking methamphetamine.

Senate Bill 180

Eviction Legal Defense Fund

Creates a fund to award grants to nonprofit organizations that will provide legal services to low-income people who are threatened with eviction.


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