Like most of the Mountain West, Colorado experienced an explosion in housing prices during COVID-19. Housing affordability in the state went from bad to worse.
In response, the Colorado Legislature last year considered a major housing reform bill, championed by Gov. Jared Polis, that would have allowed smaller, multi-unit developments in single-family neighborhoods, and required larger cities to eliminate barriers to apartments near transit, amongst other reforms. It ultimately died in the state Senate.
