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record number of bills were proposed in the Colorado Legislature this year . Of the 705 bills introduced this session , the Colorado Apartment Association ( CAA ) identified more than a dozen that would have been harmful to rental housing providers .
CAA and its lobbyist team HBS minimized the impact of these bills through collaboration with bill sponsors when possible and mobilization of opposition when not . In all cases , very bad bills were amended heavily . In all but two cases , the bills were either modified to the point that CAA was able to drop opposition before passage or they were defeated . However , two of the bills were passed without enough changes for CAA to drop opposition .
The following is a summary of the most important of those bills :
HB24-1098
CAUSE REQUIRED FOR EVICTION OF RESIDENTIAL TENANT PASSED
Position : Oppose ( initially ) / Neutral ( at passage )
The title of this bill is misleading because it has very little to do with eviction procedure . Rather , it deals with when a property owner can or cannot renew a lease . As introduced , the bill required the property owner to pay the tenant three month ’ s rent if a lease was not renewed and prohibited nonrenewal of leases for a host of reasonable reasons for nonrenewal . Through CAA amendment , the requirement for payment to the tenant was eliminated , nonrenewal without a provable reason during the first 12 month lease was allowed , and nonrenewal for provable lease violations and for the desire to take the unit out of the rental market were protected . As a condition for obtaining these amendments , CAA moved its position to neutral on the bill . The bill will require that a landlord document and potentially be able to prove claimed behavioral violations as a basis for not renewing leases .
HB24-1051
PROHIBIT ALGORITHMIC DEVICES USED FOR RENT SETTING FAILED
Position : Oppose
This bill was introduced early on in the legislative session and ultimately ended up dying in the final weeks . As introduced , the bill prohibited the use of all third-party pricing models and all comparative data in rental pricing decisions . CAA was able to force amendments in the Senate to protect all third-party pricing products and the use of all market information . The proponents refused to compromise and the bill ultimately died due to conflicts between House and Senate versions of the bill . www . aamdhq . org JUNE 2024 TRENDS | 15