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Colorado’s Warranty of Habitability reflects that principle by tying a landlord’s legal obligations directly to health and safety. Not aesthetics, not luxury, and not tenant preference. State law requires rental housing to be fit for human habitation, including structural integrity, functional utilities, weather protection, and compliance with fire and building codes designed to prevent injury, illness, and death.  Those requirements exist because unsafe housing does not end at one front door. History has shown that when buildings are unsafe, entire…

The burden after loss is the part no one prepares you for. Sorting through a loved one’s affairs can be overwhelming enough without the added stress of an unscrupulous landlord insisting the family must pay out the rest of a lease. In Colorado, that demand is, in many cases, not allowed.  Colorado Revised Statute § 13-40-107.5 governs this situation. It allows a family member or personal representative to terminate the lease 30 days after providing written notice and proof of death, such as…

Your lease agreement generally addresses when a landlord may enter your rental property. However, a landlord may enter without permission in Colorado under specific conditions. A privacy violation in Colorado may occur when a landlord fails to adhere to guidelines in the lease agreement when entering your home. When Can a Landlord Enter Without Permission in Colorado? State laws and Colorado city ordinances address when a landlord may enter a property. Lease agreements are crucial in defining when…

New rental laws in Colorado strive to increase transparency and reduce unnecessary and hidden fees that renters may encounter. Seeking damages as a tenant may be possible when a landlord violates these and prior. The changes to Colorado rental laws in 2026 are another step toward protecting tenants and minimizing leasing agreement issues in Colorado. Security Deposit Protections for Colorado Tenants The latest Act under the Tenant Security Deposit Protections (HB25-1249) identifies what constitutes normal wear and tear…

A recent video from More Perfect Union draws attention to the hidden costs of big-tech infrastructure, and it raises some familiar questions for Colorado. The report follows residents in rural Georgia who live just a few hundred yards from a Meta data center. What they describe sounds less like progress and more like intrusion: the constant hum of cooling systems, light pollution that turns night into dusk, and higher utility bills they never agreed to pay. Closer to home, Aurora’s massive…