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Denver Metro Area Stands Out for Growth in Homelessness

December 21, 2023 • < 1 min read

Metro Denver Concerning Trends Across Homeless Populations Stand Out Nationally: Total homeless, Unsheltered, Chronically homeless

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The Economic Impact of the National Western Stock Show

December 19, 2023 • 8 min read

The National Western Stock Show remains an economic staple in the Denver and Colorado economy. The annual event brings in more than 700,000 attendees and $171 million in economic activity.

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Colorado Budget: Then and Now

December 8, 2023 • 2 min read

Colorado Budget Then and Now illuminates the changes in Colorado state budget appropriations over the last twenty years. The figures included in the report provide a summary overview of revenue allocated to state departments through the budgeting process. The trends in appropriations reflect the shifting priorities brought on as a direct result of the laws and budgets passed each legislative session.

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Commercial Property Tax Impact on Commercial Property Owners and the Colorado Economy

November 17, 2023 • 5 min read

7,520 fewer jobs, a $177M reduction in GDP, and a $223 decrease in household income.

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Tags: Property Tax

Untapped Potential: Economic Costs of Colorado’s Foster Youth

November 14, 2023 • 13 min read

Foster care youth aging out of the foster care system in Colorado face a multitude of challenges. This report attempts to derive the individual and social costs borne by a cohort of Colorado’s foster youth.

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Tags: child welfare, foster, foster care, foster children, foster youth

November Crime Snapshot: Crime Rates in Colorado

November 10, 2023 • 2 min read

How Does Colorado Compare Nationally? Colorado’s crime has risen to one of the highest rates in the nation in the past ten years. As of 2022, Colorado ranked 4th highest nationally for combined property and violent crime rates according to Federal Bureau of Investigation data.

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The Economic Impact of Increased Property Taxes on the Colorado Economy

November 9, 2023 • 3 min read

The combined impact of the increase in property taxes and loss of household personal income totals -$1,406 per Colorado household.

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Where Have All the Condos Gone? featuring Peter LiFari, Ted Leighty and Bruce Likoff

November 6, 2023 • 2 min read

Over the past fifteen years, Colorado condominium construction has experienced a severe decline. Condominium development between 2018 and 2022, across 11 front range counties which collectively house over 80% of Colorado’s population, was 76% lower than between 2002 and 2008. This amounted to 14 new apartments for every 1 new condo in recent years, compared […]

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Tags: Bruce Likoff, common sense digest, condominium, condos, peter lifari, Ted Leighty

Proposition HH Brief: Economic Impact of Taxes Increasing Above Historic Trend

October 27, 2023 • 2 min read

Prop HH would make several changes to state property taxes and changes to state revenue limits, including: reducing property tax rates, creating two new subclasses of residential property effective in 2025, providing funds to local governments to make up for decreased property tax revenues (referred to as backfilling), creating  limit on local government property tax revenue, increasing the cap on state revenue (Prop HH Cap) allowing  the state to retain revenue up to the newly created cap, that would otherwise be required to refund to residents under the Colorado Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR). 

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A Snapshot of the Metro Denver Homeless Ecosystem in 2023

October 26, 2023 • 19 min read

While metro areas across the country have seen a surge of people experiencing homelessness, the Denver metro has some of the highest levels of growth among the areas the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development tracks.

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