Colorado Laws
Please Stop Hurting Colorado Housing Providers
Colorado doesn’t need any more “well-intentioned” new housing related laws.
As a long-time investor in rental real estate and the Broker-Owner of a property management company, I’m dealing firsthand with the soul-crushing level of legislation Colorado politicians and their activist allies have forced upon the rental market in Colorado.
Why does Colorado keep inventing solutions to problems that don’t exist? Are the 52 laws passed in the last 6 years not enough?!
From 1999 through 2019—years of my direct involvement in this industry—only about 20-25 laws were passed. (Could not find a reliable exact number.) OK. Seems like a reasonable number over those 20 years. Shockingly, during these years most people managed fine without Colorado’s help to “improve” the housing market.
We always treat people fairly while operating ethically. Are there some bad actors in the industry? Maybe. But very few in my opinion. The market tends to sort them out. Why cause harm to an entire industry because of biased perceptions and the rants of the loudest complainers and activists?
Don’t these legislators represent ALL the people of Colorado? Or is it just the 26% of registered democrats? Is it any wonder that 50% of Colorado voters are unaffiliated?
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Have you ever read the entire list of laws passed since 2020? Well…here it is…
Colorado Laws 2020 - 2025 / Real Estate, Property Management, Landlord-Tenant / 52 Total
House Bills (HB) 2020-2025 (40 total)
HB20-1009 Suppressing Court Records of Eviction Proceedings 2020
HB20-1201 Mobile Home Park Residents Opportunity to Purchase 2020
HB20-1332 Prohibiting Source of Income Discrimination 2020
HB21-1117 Local Gov Authority Promote Affordable Housing Units 2021
HB21-1121 Residential Tenancy Procedures 2021
HB21-1167 Private Construction Contract Payments 2021
HB21-1286 Energy Performance for Buildings 2021
HB22-1082 Establish Fair Housing Unit Department of Law 2022
HB22-1218 Resource Efficiency Buildings Electric Vehicles 2022
HB22-1287 Protections for Mobile Home Park Residents 2022
HB22-1314 Towing Carrier Non-Consensual Tows 2022
HB23-1068 Pet Animal Ownership In Housing 2023
HB23-1095 Prohibited Provisions in Rental Agreements 2023
HB23-1099 Portable Screening Report for Residential Leases 2023
HB23-1120 Eviction Protections for Residential Tenants 2023
HB23-1186 Remote Participation In Residential Evictions 2023
HB23-1190 Affordable Housing Right of First Refusal (Vetoed) 2023
HB23-1233 Electric Vehicle Charging Requirements 2023
HB23-1254 Habitability of Residential Premises 2023
HB24-1007 Prohibit Residential Occupancy Limits 2024
HB24-1014 Deceptive Trade Practices – Public Impact Limits 2024
HB24-1051 Towing Carrier Regulation 2024
HB24-1057 Prohibit Algorithmic Devices Used for Rent Setting 2024
HB24-1083 Construction Professional Insurance Coverage Transparency 2024
HB24-1098 Cause Required for Eviction of Residential Tenant 2024
HB24-1099 Setting procedural requirements and fees in evictions 2024
HB24-1175 Local Governments Rights to Property for Affordable Housing 2024
HB24-1259 Price Gouging in Rent Declared Disaster 2024
HB24-1286 Equal Justice Fund Authority 2024
HB24-1294 Modifies the "Mobile Home Park Act" 2024
HB24-1318 Modify Rental Premises Person With Disabilities 2024
HB24-1334 Broadband Service for Multi Unit Buildings 2024
HB25-1004 No Pricing Coordination Between Landlords 2025
HB25-1053 Immunity for Emergency Access 2025
HB25-1090 Protections Against Deceptive Pricing Practices 2025
HB25-1108 Prohibitions in Rental Agreements Due to Death 2025
HB25-1235 Jury Trials for Tenant Proceedings 2025
HB25-1236 Residential Tenant Screening 2025
HB25-1240 Protections for Tenants with Housing Subsidies 2025
HB25-1249 Tenant Security Deposit Protections 2025
Senate Bills (SB) 12 Total 2020-2025
SB20B-002 Housing and Direct COVID Emergency Assistance 2020
SB2O-224 Landlord Prohibitions Tenant Citizenship Status 2020
SB21-091 Credit Transaction Charge Limitations 2021
SB21-173 Rights In Residential Lease Agreements 2021
SB22-099 Sealing Criminal Records 2022
SB23-184 Tenant protections 2023
SB23-206 Disclose Radon Information Residential Premises 2023
SB24-033 Lodging Property Tax Treatment 2024
SB24-058 Landowner Liability Recreational Use Warning Signs 2024
SB24-064 Monthly Residential Eviction Data & Report 2024
SB24-094 Safe Housing for Residential Tenants 2024
SB25-020 Tenant and Landlord Law Enforcement 2025
More to come from these brilliant legislators in 2026!