Colorado had money to stop an extra 1,500 evictions in 2023. The Polis administration told renters not to apply.

As Colorado landlords closed in on a record 53,000 eviction filings in 2023, state housing officials told lawmakers they didn’t need $8 million in rental assistance funding approved by the state legislature. The funding could have kept nearly 1,500 more families in their homes. So in November, when the…

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