![]() In a move to provide affordable housing in a state that has one of the highest costs of living in the West, a Colorado lawmaker is proposing $13 million in state funding for such projects. Introduced in the new 2023 regular session of the Colorado State Legislature, Senate Bill 1, sponsored by Senator Dylan Roberts, would provide that funding as a public-private initiative focusing on workforce housing. By design, the development of such projects would all go up on land owned by the State of Colorado. According to the language of the bill, officially called the Authority of Public-Private Collaboration Unit for Housing, the partnerships would include “state public entities such as departments, agencies, or subdivisions of the executive branch of state government, and private partners as a tool for time- and cost-efficient completion of public projects.” Roberts, who formerly served in the House as the chairman of the Affordable Housing Task Force, last year remarked that “nearly every community in our state is facing an affordable housing crisis.” The lawmaker was instrumental in the passage last April of a bill providing $178 million in grants to local governments and non-profits to build affordable housing facilities. Senate Bill 1 is currently under review in the Senate’s Local Government & Housing Committee. The Colorado legislature is scheduled to conclude its 2023 session on May 9. By Garry Boulard
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