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DENVER (August 30, 2021)—For the first half of 2021, Colorado renters paid their rent at rates higher than the national average – continuing a trend ahead of national rates since the start of the pandemic in April of 2020. In July, 97% of Colorado renters made their payments, compared... Continue Reading

The CDC has released a new order prohibiting evictions until Oct. 3. The order applies to counties with high COVID-19 cases. While the Order is "new," it is essentially an extension of the previous CDC Order that has been in place since September 2020. Continue Reading

DENVER (July 30, 2021) – Drew Hamrick, senior vice president and general counsel at the Colorado Apartment Association, released a statement in response to the 30-day notice requirement for tenants needing rental assistance. “The Governor's scaling back of the 30-day notice... Continue Reading

Today, Governor Polis announced Executive Order 120, extending for the third time the requirement for landlords to serve 30-day rent demands instead of 10-day rent demands. In addition, the new order keeps EO-110 in effect, which requires landlords to serve the DOLA FAQs with every type of... Continue Reading

Rent collections in Colorado continues to exceed national rent payments levels Continue Reading

The Issues That Impact our Industry Suggesting how members vote on ballot propositions is always a dicey affair. These issues are heavily publicized, often contentious, and highly partisan. We will avoid weighing in on most of the proposals, (even though they are very interesting issues)... Continue Reading

High rates of rent payments and low eviction rates show ‘eviction crisis’ is not on the horizon Continue Reading

The administrative order does nothing to help renters pay rent or help rental housing providers. Continue Reading

Rena's GoFundMe project raised over $10,000 to help Colorado Residents who needed help paying rent amid COVID-19 Continue Reading

Colorado Apartment Association and its members partnered with the Resident Relief Fund, which now has more than $120,000 in donations to help Coloradans pay rent. Rena Brittan, a 13-year-old in Denver announced in June that as part of her bat mitzvah project she was going to raise funds for... Continue Reading

Denver (July 21, 2020) – Today, the Apartment Association of Metro Denver released Q2 2020 results from the quarterly Denver Metro Area Apartment Vacancy and Rent Survey conducted by the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business and Colorado Economic Management... Continue Reading

DENVER (June 30, 2020) – RealPage, a data analytics firm for the real estate industry, reported that Colorado’s rent collection percentage for June was 95.4% as of June 23. RealPage’s analytics show Colorado rent collections ranking No. 9 out of the 47 states that reported... Continue Reading