December 2, 2016

Proposed 2018 ballot measure would limit Front-Range housing growth

While most conversations around housing in Colorado center around how to provide more affordable options, one Colorado man is looking to allow less new housing altogether, from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs.

The Denver Business Journal reports that Daniel Hayes has submitted an initiative for the 2018 ballot “that would cap the number of new homes and apartments” being built in the seven-county Denver metro area — plus El Paso, Larimer and Weld counties — at a growth rate of 1 percent per year.

While most conversations around housing in Colorado center around how to provide more affordable options, one Colorado man is looking to allow less new housing altogether, from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs.

The Denver Business Journal reports that Daniel Hayes has submitted an initiative for the 2018 ballot “that would cap the number of new homes and apartments” being built in the seven-county Denver metro area — plus El Paso, Larimer and Weld counties — at a growth rate of 1 percent per year.

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