/tags/rent Rent en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Thu, 14 Nov 2024 12:40:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2024-11-14/how-creating-dorm-style-housing-units-out-of-unused-office-space-could-ease-denvers-housing-crisis An abundance of unused office space in Denver’s skyscrapers could be transformed into affordable living units. That’s the conclusion of a recent study that looked at converting unused office space to increase the available housing in the city. Thu, 14 Nov 2024 12:40:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2024-11-14/how-creating-dorm-style-housing-units-out-of-unused-office-space-could-ease-denvers-housing-crisis In The NoCo, Ariel Lavery, Brad Turner /podcast/inthenoco/2024-11-12/junk-fees-from-landlords-can-add-hundreds-of-dollars-to-monthly-housing-costs-heres-how-tenants-can-fight-back Some renters have a beef with their landlords over something called junk fees. It’s a term for extra expenses landords charge on top of the rent. And the Colorado Attorney General’s Office has been cracking down on them. Hear more about junk fees, and what people can do about them, on today’s In the NoCo. Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:40:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2024-11-12/junk-fees-from-landlords-can-add-hundreds-of-dollars-to-monthly-housing-costs-heres-how-tenants-can-fight-back In The NoCo, Ariel Lavery, Brad Turner /news/2024-04-17/you-plus-whoever-how-fort-collins-residents-are-responding-to-the-occupancy-limits-bill Governor Jared Polis signed a bill Monday that eliminates discriminatory occupancy limits statewide. Several communities in Northern Colorado will be impacted, including Fort Collins, and residents have mixed responses. Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:15:01 GMT /news/2024-04-17/you-plus-whoever-how-fort-collins-residents-are-responding-to-the-occupancy-limits-bill Emma VandenEinde /news/2024-01-18/boulder-based-property-management-and-rental-company-to-pay-1m-to-state-for-unlawful-practices Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty announced that Four Star Realty will pay the state $1 million dollars during a joint press conference last week. Thu, 18 Jan 2024 16:19:15 GMT /news/2024-01-18/boulder-based-property-management-and-rental-company-to-pay-1m-to-state-for-unlawful-practices Michael Lyle /the-colorado-dream/2023-10-27/loved-to-death-a-year-after-steamboat-regulates-short-term-rentals-residents-report-mixed-results Steamboat Springs created three different zones to regulate short-term rentals, including a red zone where no new permits for those rentals can be issued. Three people living within that zone share their experiences with how the regulations have shaped their lives. Fri, 27 Oct 2023 12:22:00 GMT /the-colorado-dream/2023-10-27/loved-to-death-a-year-after-steamboat-regulates-short-term-rentals-residents-report-mixed-results Scott Franz /news/2023-06-29/news-brief-with-the-colorado-sun-a-mormon-cricket-invasion-and-the-slummy-awards The Colorado Sun Editor Lance Benzel joined us to talk about a new bug swarming northwestern Colorado now that the moths are gone and a group of Denver renters who crashed a party for landlords with a protest. Thu, 29 Jun 2023 20:57:54 GMT /news/2023-06-29/news-brief-with-the-colorado-sun-a-mormon-cricket-invasion-and-the-slummy-awards Nikole Robinson Carroll /regional-news/2022-01-17/as-western-states-add-population-rental-assistance-falls-short Housing costs are rising fast in our region as economic development attracts new residents and supply chain problems cause building delays. But a federal program that helps low-income renters is falling short. Mon, 17 Jan 2022 13:00:00 GMT /regional-news/2022-01-17/as-western-states-add-population-rental-assistance-falls-short Bert Johnson /business/2021-12-24/jackson-holes-working-class-has-scrambled-for-housing-but-now-the-market-is-forcing-an-exodus Real estate prices have reached new heights in many of our region's ski towns. In Jackson Hole, Wyoming, buyers spent a record $2 billion in the first nine months of 2021. Meanwhile, the number of homes on the market is at an all-time low. That's pricing out many long-time residents. The Mountain West °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ Bureau's Maggie Mullen reports. Fri, 24 Dec 2021 19:00:00 GMT /business/2021-12-24/jackson-holes-working-class-has-scrambled-for-housing-but-now-the-market-is-forcing-an-exodus Maggie Mullen /news/2021-11-10/rental-prices-have-finally-started-cooling-off A new report shows that rental prices are cooling off for the first time in several months. Apartment List, which is a national rental marketplace, found that rental prices have started to stagnate, or in some cases, even drop. That’s normal for the fall months, but especially welcome in a year that’s had unprecedented increases in rents across the Mountain West. Wed, 10 Nov 2021 22:57:12 GMT /news/2021-11-10/rental-prices-have-finally-started-cooling-off Madelyn Beck /show/kuncs-colorado-edition/2021-11-01/housing-got-less-affordable-during-the-pandemic-hitting-renters-harder-than-homeowners More than 17% of Coloradans are renters. According to an analysis from Headwaters Economics, a Montana-based, independent think tank, the largely unprecedented growth in housing costs over the last year has impacted renters more than homeowners. This is especially the case with housing unaffordability. Mon, 01 Nov 2021 22:00:41 GMT /show/kuncs-colorado-edition/2021-11-01/housing-got-less-affordable-during-the-pandemic-hitting-renters-harder-than-homeowners Colorado Edition, Henry Zimmerman