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Housing Colorado director briefs board on 2025 state housing bills, budget risks
Summary
Brian Rossford of Housing Colorado summarized major 2025 state housing legislation, highlighted budget pressures that could put housing funds at risk, and previewed likely litigation over state vs. local land-use authority.
Brian Rossford, executive director of Housing Colorado, told the Boulder Housing Advisory Board on July that the 2025 legislative session produced a scattered but consequential set of housing bills and that the state budget poses near-term risks for housing funding.
Rossford said the session included bills addressing automated rent-setting algorithms, deceptive pricing practices and limits on local anti-growth measures. He described one measure, “the algorithm rent-setting bill,” as aimed at companies that use data-driven tools to set rents and noted the state is pursuing a lawsuit against a private vendor. He said that bill passed the legislature but was vetoed by the governor.
Rossford framed the session in three broader contexts: political control of state government, a constrained state budget and continuing…
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