Denver voters may soon choose whether to let the city take out a $400 million bond to fund numerous infrastructure projects as part of a long-term COVID-19 recovery plan.
The city announced the proposed general obligation (GO) bond in April and the Denver City Council is set to begin voting on the proposal later this month. If approved by council and the mayor, voters will see the bond on the ballot in November.
The proposed bond is one of Denverâs many COVID-19 relief efforts. The Department of Finance says there is still $375 million left from the cityâs last general obligation bond Elevate Denver which passed in 2017.
One likely winner as Denver requires rental licenses? Home inspectors
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The home inspection industry in Denver is poised to get a boost.
When the Denver City Council voted to require licenses for all residential rental properties earlier this month, it mandated that the properties pass an inspection in order to get a license.
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“I would be hiring some people,” said one industry veteran, Shawn Veith of Home Inspection of Denver. “No way I could keep up with that myself.”
But not everyone in the industry sees the requirement as useful, and some have questions about liability and whether they can achieve the pricing touted during discussions of the measure.
The new landlord requirement will be the largest licensing program in Denver. Author: Caroline Gregor (9News) Updated: 10:18 PM MDT May 3, 2021
DENVER A bill that will create the largest licensing program in Denver passed in a unanimous vote at a city council meeting Monday night.
Rental property owners will now be required to have a license – the requirement goes into effect in a phasing process – multi-family rental property owners have until Jan. 1, 2023, to secure a license and single-family rental property owners have until Jan. 1, 2024.
Denver already requires short-term rental property owners to be licensed, but the city council president wanted to expand that to all landlords in the city.
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Denver City Council to consider new rental property license
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Denver rental property owners may be required to get a license from the city starting next year.
A City Council committee will consider Wednesday a proposal spearheaded by City Council President Stacie Gilmore that would require anyone in Denver who owns rental property to register it with the city and to pass an inspection every four years.
The wholesale change to the city’s approach to the rental market would require owners to pay a fee to be licensed. The license would have to be renewed every four years and could be revoked if certain standards and practices aren’t met.