LATEST: A key piece of progressive Democrats’ housing agenda has died a procedural death in the Colorado Senate.
, essentially giving renters a first right of refusal on whether to re-new their leases. Supporters said the bill would’ve cut down on displacement and insulated renters from discriminatory or arbitrary — as well as costly — removal by landlords. Several renters had testified at earlier committee meetings that their leases weren’t renewed after they asked for repairs.
“I feel like just-cause should’ve been an easy thing,” said Rep. Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez, a Denver Democrat and one of the bill’s co-sponsors. She and other supporters have pointed tosupporting the policy as evidence that it wasn’t a radical proposal. “The White House was like, just cause should be part of your package of policies that state legislatures should be passing because it’s good policy. And we failed to do that. So I think that is a huge hit.
Though the bill passed the House in mid-March, it languished on the Senate calendar for weeks. It eventually passed a needed committee vote on May 4, but only after a scheduling conflict shifted the committee’s makeup and removed a skeptical Democratic swing vote. Legislators said they planned to further amend the bill to shepherd it through the Senate and strip out provisions that would require some landlords pay relocation costs.
Sen. Julie Gonzales, a Denver Democrat and the just-cause bill’s co-sponsor in the Senate, said the bill’s death was emblematic of a more frustrating dynamic in the Capitol.
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