The State of Colorado now has a new plan to make it easier to build affordable housing in Colorado. The “common application” will speed up the creation of affordable homes by cutting through red tape, which will eliminate redundant requirements for development, according to supporters.
The state held a press conference at the Mosaic Community Campus in Denver Monday morning. Gov. Jared Polis, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and housing specialists were all in agreement; building affordable housing is too complicated.
These experts say there are too many unnecessary steps when it comes to building affordable housing. This includes going to too many banks and repeating the loan process at each one. This leads to way too many repetitive background checks, which pushes back the timeline…