CAI issues alert regarding proposed Lakewood construction defect ordinance
CONSTRUCTION DEFECT ORDINANCE INTRODUCED IN LAKEWOOD HOMEOWNER RIGHTS IN JEOPARDY
Colorado SB-220 Runs Out of Time, is Dead
May 5, 2014, the Colorado Senate Committee on State, Military, and Veterans Affairs took two-and-one-half hours of testimony on SB-220, which would have gutted the rights of homeowners associations to bring construction defect claims by requiring non-appealable arbitration in all instances, as well as placing other onerous requirements on such defect claims.
Colorado Legislature Immediately Kills SB-219, Homebuilders’ Proposal to Study the Alleged Shortage
May 1 the Colorado Senate Appropriations Committee voted 5-2 to kill Senate Bill 219, which would have given the divisions of housing, insurance, and law a combined $150,000 to collect data on and investigate the current homebuilder-alleged shortage of owner-occupied affordable housing (a/k/a condominiums and townhomes).