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Smaller homes on smaller lots: Could “light touch density” help erase Colorado’s housing deficit?

American Enterprise Institute claims state and metro Denver could erase shortfall in under three years with looser land-use rules

Dominic Row in north Denver is a rental townhome project built on a former parking lot and medical building. It is an example of "light touch density" that the American Enterprise Institute is promoting as an answer to metro Denver's housing shortfall.(Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Dominic Row in north Denver is a rental townhome project built on a former parking lot and medical building. It is an example of “light touch density” that the American Enterprise Institute is promoting as an answer to metro Denver’s housing shortfall.(Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - NOVEMBER 8: Aldo Svaldi - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | asvaldi@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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A right-of-center think tank, the American Enterprise Institute, came to Denver on Monday to pitch a free market solution to resolve the state's housing deficit in under three years and generate thousands of new homes priced at around $400,000 if fully implemented.
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