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Rent Payments Remain High in Colorado at 98%
Rent Payments Remain High in Colorado at 98%
Reopening Economy Offers Hope as Employees and Employers Begin to Recover From Pandemic Crisis
Colorado’s rent collection rate was 98% as of March 27, 2021, only 0.6% lower than rent collections from the previous year, with a 98.6% rate recorded in March 2020, according to data analytics firm RealPage
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“A 98% collection rate in March is a strong indicator of residents’ growing confidence with the economy,” said Mark Williams, executive vice president of the Colorado Apartment Association (CAA). “Considering Colorado’s Property Owner Preservation (POP) program had been closed for the majority of the month, a high number of rental payments shows CAA members are continuing to find ways to keep people housed as Colorado begins to ease COVID restrictions, disseminate vaccines and lift closures. We expect the housing market to continue to recover as Coloradans can return to work and
KUNC When Adela’s husband was out of work last spring, she applied for emergency rental assistance in Larimer County with the help of La Familia, a childcare center in Fort Collins.
Thousands of families across Northern Colorado, particularly Black and Latino residents, are struggling to pay rent because of the pandemic. In part one of
On the Edge, we look at the economic factors pushing people to ask for help.
One year into the pandemic, as many Coloradans are starting to envision a return to normal life, requests for emergency rental assistance in the state are surging.
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Alison Perkins, 51, sits on the new couch in her apartment at Mason Place. Perkins lived on the streets for two years before moving into the building in March.
Housing insecurity and homelessness were growing issues even before the pandemic, due to Colorado’s population and high cost of living. A supportive housing project in Fort Collins is changing what it looks like to get people housed.
Alison Perkins, 51, had gotten used to sleeping outside in freezing cold temperatures after she lost her home due to financial and personal problems two years ago.
Each day was a struggle to survive, she said. Finding shelter was her first priority, especially during the winter. Then, a warm meal. Looking for a job or getting mental health care while mourning the death of her son, whom she lost in 2019, were much lower on her to-do list.
New radar project put on hold because of location problems
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Selected site has limited coverage and value, critics say
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New radar project put on hold because of location problems Tyler Jensen, a pilot with Alpine Heli Tours, flies Wednesday over the approximate area that was originally proposed for La Plata County’s new radar system on Bridge Timber Mountain, south of Durango. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
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La Plata County will put the brakes on a project to build a new radar system for the Four Corners after concerns were raised that a selected site south of Durango did not provide the best coverage of the region.