February 2026

In September 2025, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston reduced the city’s 2025 Temporary Rental & Utility Assistance (TRUA) budget by about $9 million, down from an original allocation of roughly $23 million. City leaders described the move as part of broader budget tightening and said the money would be “rolled forward” into the 2026 budget instead of being spent in 2025. The timing mattered. The cut came as eviction filings in Denver and across Colorado were hovering near record…

Greystar, the nation’s largest apartment owner, Denver-based Simpson Property Group, and more than twenty other major property management companies have agreed to pay $141 million to settle a nationwide class-action lawsuit brought by renters. The lawsuit claims these landlords used rent-setting software created by RealPage, Inc. to push rents higher in cities across the country. The settlement, reached in October 2025, is currently before a federal judge in Nashville and is awaiting final approval. According to the renters…