Last week, the Colorado Senate passed a bipartisan bill—House Bill 1375—requiring school districts to either develop a plan by the 2019-2010 academic year to equitably share mill levy override funds with charter schools of their districts or to distribute 95% of the per pupil amount of the revenue to those charter schools. The bill further requires charter schools to post certain tax documents on their websites and to limit their financial waivers.
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Denver Federal Court Rules Gender Stereotyping Violates Fair Housing Act
In Denver on Wednesday, a federal court ruled for the first time that refusing to rent a dwelling to someone because the prospective renter does not conform to gender stereotype norms (e.g., because a person dresses or acts in a way, or is attracted to, married to, and/or has children with someone, that does not conform with stereotype norms associated with that person’s biological gender) constitutes sex discrimination under the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”).
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Boulder Extends Building Height Moratorium by 15 Months
This past Tuesday evening, Boulder City Council voted 8-1 to extend the city’s existing moratorium barring the city from considering property owner requests to exceed the city’s building height ordinance. One of my prior posts summarizes Boulder’s building height restriction regime and the existing moratorium. The existing moratorium was set to expire on April
Boulder County Cities and Towns Considering Coordinated Regional Approach to Affordable Housing
Virtually all of Boulder County’s local governments have their own, individual plans to reverse the diminishing supply of affordable housing in their respective communities. But these local governments are now weighing a new approach: collaborating and coordinating with one another in a way that, if successful, would supply more affordable housing to the county than the total that will be provided if each of them continues acting independently.
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Restriction Regime on Building Heights in Boulder May be Changing
Of all the various restrictions on development in Boulder, among the most impactful—and, to citizens, important—is the restriction on building height. Based on a joint study session between the Boulder City Council and the Planning Board last Tuesday, those restrictions may be changing.
The current height restriction regime is multilayered. Boulder’s charter restricts building