On Monday night (November 23, 2015), Denver City Council voted to approve the construction defect ordinance proposed by Mayor Hancock.
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Voters Approve New Taxes on Short-Term Rentals
Two major cities on the front range recently enacted new regulations – and city taxes – for short-term rentals.
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Mayor Hancock’s Construction Defect Ordinance Passes Important Hurdle
On November 16, 2015, the Denver City Council unanimously approved the first reading of Mayor Hancock’s construction defect ordinance that we wrote about last month.
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Is Renting Your Home on Airbnb Illegal? Maybe.
One of the biggest players in what’s been dubbed the “sharing economy” is Airbnb, a peer-to-peer lodging platform that makes it easy for homeowners or renters to open up their homes to strangers in the form of short-term lodging. For many of the families renting their homes or rooms in their homes on Airbnb and other sites, the income from a short-term rental can provide a financial cushion, and may be enough to make ends meet. One study commissioned by Airbnb found that a typical single-property host makes an average of $7,530 for renting an average of 66 days per year.
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More Local Action on Construction Defects
The Denver Business Journal is reporting that, on Monday, Commerce City became the third city in the Denver metro-area to enact an ordinance addressing construction defects in condominium and other common interest community construction.
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