Rep. Javier Mabrey, a Denver Democrat, stands along his co-sponsors Majority Leader Monica Duran and Sen. Nick Hinrichsen as he presents a For Cause Eviction bill at the Colorado Capitol on Jan. 24, 2024. (Sara Wilson/Colorado Newsline)
When Monique Gant asked her Westminster landlord in 2022 for documents she needed for a rental assistance application, she said the landlord’s family members began attacking her, threatening her and calling her a racial slur.
After she filed a complaint with the attorney general’s office, she said, she received a notice of non-renewal for her lease without an explanation of why she was getting shut out from her housing. She then took the matter to court with the help of a nonprofit.
“We wanted to fight, as we felt that we were being retaliated against,” she said during emotional remarks at the Colorado Capitol on Wednesday. “The judge sided with the landlord, stating that they have the right to not renew our lease and evict us without giving a reason.”