Rocky Mountain Real Estate Law

February and March were active months for the Colorado House of Representatives with respect to attempted reforms of current landlord/tenant laws in Colorado.  In addition to proposed major over...

https://www.rockymountainrealestatelaw.com/2023/03/colorado-house-passes-senate-considers-repeal-of-rent-control-prohibition/

On Monday, January 9th, 2023, the Denver City Council voted to pass a new wage theft ordinance, which provides greater authority to the City Auditor’s Office to ensure employees are paid their ...

https://www.rockymountainrealestatelaw.com/2023/02/wage-theft-ordinance-passes-in-denver/

Yesterday, Colorado Springs further solidified its standing as “Olympic City USA” with the grand opening of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum.  The 60,000 square foot state-of-...

https://www.rockymountainrealestatelaw.com/2020/07/olympic-city-usa/

On Wednesday, July 2, 2020, the Colorado Supreme Court issued a per curiam opinion holding that Colorado’s Governor cannot suspend, by executive order, the state’s constitutional requirements...

https://www.rockymountainrealestatelaw.com/2020/07/colorado-supreme-court-invalidates-executive-order-relaxing-requirements-for-november-2020-ballot-measures/

On Friday, May 15, 2020, Colorado Governor Jared Polis issued Executive Order D 2020 065, temporarily suspending certain statutory requirements governing the distribution, signing, and certificat...

https://www.rockymountainrealestatelaw.com/2020/05/colorados-governor-issues-executive-order-relaxing-requirements-for-november-2020-ballot-measures-business-groups-sue/

In July, voters in Lakewood approved a one percent per annum cap on residential unit construction.  Now, a proposed ballot measure aiming to require counties along the Front Range to follow suit...

https://www.rockymountainrealestatelaw.com/2019/12/front-range-wide-residential-growth-cap-one-step-closer-to-colorados-2020-ballot/

This post was authored by Alexandra Haggarty.  Alex is a summer clerk at Otten Johnson, and a rising 3L at the University of Colorado Law School. This post is an update on three earlier posts ab...

https://www.rockymountainrealestatelaw.com/2019/07/lakewood-voters-pass-strategic-growth-initiative/

This post follows up two earlier posts about a citizen initiative to limit residential growth in Lakewood, Colorado.  Details about the proposal can be found here. On Monday night, the Lakewood...

https://www.rockymountainrealestatelaw.com/2019/04/update-lakewoods-strategic-growth-initiative-to-go-to-voters-in-special-election-on-july-2/

This post follows up on a post from August about a citizen initiative to limit residential growth in Lakewood, Colorado. In Lakewood, Colorado’s fifth largest city, citizens associated with Lak...

https://www.rockymountainrealestatelaw.com/2018/02/what-happened-to-strategic-growth-in-lakewood/

  Last week the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that seeks to delineate what causes a commercial real estate loan to be classified as a “high volatility commercial real estate loan...

https://www.rockymountainrealestatelaw.com/2017/11/house-passes-bill-to-clarify-hvcre-rule/