Government & Politics  January 18, 2023

FoCo council postpones consideration of new rental program

FORT COLLINS – Reacting to staunch opposition from members of the public and philosophical questions about the role of government, the Fort Collins City Council, in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, voted 6-1 to postpone indefinitely a first-reading vote on a citywide rental-housing program that would have mandated registration and periodic city inspections of rental units.

The vote, with only council member Kelly Ohlson dissenting, came at nearly 1 a.m. Wednesday in the seventh hour of a marathon meeting in which more than 100 members of the public took turns at the microphones in council chambers, mostly supporting or opposing…

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With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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