Cities could negotiate with land developers to control rent under a measure up for debate at the Capitol.
House Bill 1140, from Rep. Paul Weissmann, D-Louisville, would repeal a state law prohibiting cities from enacting any ordinance to control rents on private property.
Weissmann said cities should have the ability to negotiate on rent, such as trading free water services in exchange for capped rent at a mobile-home park for seniors.
“Right now, they’ve got nothing they can give,” he said. “It’s a one-way street.”
The bill’s first committee hearing ended on a tie vote. The measure is likely to expire unless it’s brought up for another vote in the local government committee.
Bill barring credit-score use for insurance rates dies
The House on Tuesday defeated a bill that would have prohibited credit scores from being used to set rates for auto and home insurance.
The measure’s opponents successfully argued that credit scores were an indication of personal responsibility and of risk.
The practice unfairly targets low-income and minority Coloradans, those who don’t use credit and homeowners swept up in the mortgage crisis, said proponents such as bill sponsor Rep. Dorothy Butcher, D-Pueblo.
Helping defeat the bill on second reading were about a dozen Democrats.
