2021 Ballot Measure Spotlight
Reduces the property assessment tax rate for multifamily and lodging properties. The multifamily property tax assessment rate will lower from 7.15% to 6.5%. The lodging property tax assessment rate will lower from 29% to 26.4%.
This measure would benefit the wealthy at the cost of the rest of us. Colorado already lacks crucial funding for public investments such as education & infrastructure, and reducing the property assessment rate would make these problems even worse. Keeping our public programs underfunded harms the most marginalized in our communities.
who else says NO…
- Bell Policy Center
- Great Education Colorado
- Colorado Fiscal Institute
This measure would repeal the Denver Group Living Ordinance. The Denver Group Living Ordinance currently in place increased the number of unrelated people who can live together from two up to five people. 2F would take away the ability of more than two unrelated people to live together.
This initiative would create more barriers to housing in Denver, making housing more expensive. This measure would take away affordable housing options for working people and students.
who else says NO…
- Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
- One Colorado
- YAASPA (Young Aspiring Americans for Political & Social Activism)
This measure would require city officials to enforce the Urban Camping Ban within 72 hours of receiving a complaint and allows people to sue the city if it fails to clear the camp within that time. Camping in Denver would only be permitted in four designated safe camping sites, with no allowance for additional sites to be formed.
This initiative would further penalize and criminalize people experiencing homelessness. Enforcing the camping ban more severely will not only cost the city an extreme amount of resources, it will do nothing to provide housing solutions. Unsheltered homelessness is a huge concern in Denver, but this initiative lacks a sustainable and equitable solution and would have far too many unintended consequences.
who else says NO…
- Denver Homeless Out Loud
- ACLU of Colorado
- Working Families Party
This initiative would increase occupancy limits for renters and expand housing access—so that up to four unrelated people would be allowed to live together in a three-bedroom house, up to five unrelated people would be allowed to live together in a four-bedroom house.
Housing is already inaccessible in the city of Boulder and current restrictions increase the risk of homelessness. Young people and students living in Boulder currently face barriers with the current restrictions that are in place – especially when compounded by the growing cost of college, skyrocketing rent, and the high cost of living. This initiative would bring more housing access to the city of Boulder by breaking down barriers.
who else says YES…
- Sierra Club
- CU Boulder Student Government
- Boulder Housing Coalition