CdeBaca and Sawyer estimate that the program would cost around $4 million annually; it would be funded by federal pandemic relief money during the first three and a half years of operation. Denver has had an eviction legal defense fund pilot program in place since mid-2018, but because of a lack of funding, it's only been able to provide attorneys for a fraction of indigent individuals facing eviction. City council will vote on the proposal during its June 7 meeting. If the proposal passes, it will take effect in September. Some renters want it now. Under an executive order recently extended by Governor Jared Polis through the end of June, landlords must give 30 days' notice, rather than the standard ten-day notice, before an eviction can be filed for nonpayment of rent. The executive order also mandates that landlords provide a list of resources to renters when initiating an eviction. However, Polis let an eviction moratorium expire, so the State of Colorado has had nothing in place beyond the federal moratorium instituted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is currently the subject of legal challenges. That moratorium prevents eviction of renters who can exhibit that they've experienced a COVID-related financial hardship, are trying but cannot afford to pay rent, and have exhausted other options for obtaining relief. But plenty of people facing evictions don't qualify under the CDC moratorium requirements, and there's no guarantee of legal help under its provisions.