Enough bills will pass to have a meaningful impact, supporters say, but rent control measure may face a tough road.
to evict a tenant, cutting the use of expired leases as a de facto displacement strategy.
Though Democrats have a near-supermajority in the Senate, the chamber’s housing committee — the makeup of which is determined by Senate leadership — has a slim 4-3 Democratic majority. One of those four members, Avon Democratic Sen. Dylan Roberts, told The Denver Post on Wednesday that he was “skeptical” of both rent control and just-cause, and supporters of the measures have said Roberts is the particular sticking point on the committee.
Rep. Steven Woodrow, another Denver Democrat who’s sponsoring other housing bills, said sometimes legislation takes multiple sessions to pass and that Democratic lawmakers “aren’t a monolith.”
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