Point: Meghan Dollar
Colorado is amid an affordable housing crisis, and our workforce can no longer afford to live in the communities where they are employed. Colorado has a growing number of cost-burdened households in urban and rural areas.
In a recent survey conducted by the Colorado Municipal League, our members described the supply of housing as âinsufficient,â âunattainable,â or âin disrepair,â while they described the need as âcritical,â âsignificant,â and âdesperate.â Fifty-seven percent of municipalities rated a lack of affordable housing in the community as a major or moderate fiscal challenge. Affordable housing was the highest rated fiscal challenge of those listed in the survey.
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CHA: Colorado Hospital Association
CCAT: Counties & Commissioners Acting Together
The letter to Polis asks for a better partnership between local and state decision-makers, asking for no surprises and early engagement. Surprises undermine our collective credibility and puts us at odds unnecessarily with the public we are trying to impress upon. Commissioners and other local elected and appointed officials can locally elevate a unified message in tandem with the State, but to do so, we must be involved at the onset, the letter stated.
The letter from these groups also asked the governor for better cooperation. Work with CCI, CML, CALPHO, and CHA to develop all plans, orders, and restrictions designed to be implemented on a local basis, the letter stated.