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On Feb. 17, 2021, four Colorado state legislators introduced a bill that would authorize local governments to require construction of affordable housing within their boundaries without being in violation of the state statute prohibiting rent control.
House Bill 21-1117, sponsored by House Reps. Susan Lontine (D-Denver) and Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez (D-Denver) and Sens. Julie Gonzales (D-Denver) and Robert Rodriguez (D-Denver), adds a provision to the Local Government Land Use Control Enabling Act of 1974 (C.R.S. section 29-20-101
et seq.) expressly allowing local governments to regulate development or redevelopment in order to promote the construction of affordable housing units. Further, the new legislation expressly exempts the Colorado statutory prohibition on rent control (see C.R.S. section 38-12-301) from applying to any local government land use regulation that restricts rents on newly constructed or redeveloped