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Common Sense Institute (CSI) strives to develop insightful and educational research on the most critical debates facing Colorado. CSI employs rigorous research techniques and dynamic modeling to evaluate the potential impact of issues on the Colorado economy and individual opportunity. CSI provides elected officials, policy makers and Coloradans with facts and data-driven analysis to help make informed decisions about the biggest issues facing the state. CSI research has also sparked innovative policy solutions and bipartisan, solutions-based discussion about the future of Colorado.

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The Decline of Condominium Construction in Colorado: Addressing Litigation Reform to Alleviate the Housing Affordability Crisis

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Condo development has grinded to a near halt in Colorado.

Inflation in Colorado – November 2023

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Between September and November, prices in Denver fell by .34%. This was the first two-month period of deflation since September of last year.

Colorado’s Free Enterprise Report – 2024 Edition

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The Free Enterprise Report is a marquis report that provides an objective, non-partisan, fact-based analysis of the Colorado economic landscape and the state’s most pressing issues.

Colorado Budget: Then and Now

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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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Fort Collins Housing Affordability Report

September 19, 2023 • 10 min read

This report analyzes trends in affordability and estimates whether there is a deficit or surplus in housing units in Fort Collins.

Tags: fort collins, Fort Collins Housing, housing

Homelessness in Fort Collins

• 6 min read

This brief report features data and key insights on homelessness in Fort Collins and Larimer County.

Tags: fort collins, homelessness, homelessness fort collins

Spotlight on Crime in Fort Collins

• 11 min read

This report analyzes Fort Collins through the lens of crime and crime rates.
CSI utilized data from Colorado Crime Statistics and focused on statistics reported by the Fort Collins
Police Department.

Tags: Crime, fort collins, fort collins crime

Proposition HH Mini-Brief: Impact on Renters

September 14, 2023 • 3 min read

Proposition HH has far-reaching, and often disparate, impacts on different categories of Colorado taxpayers.

Tags: housing, Proposition HH, renters

Assessing Colorado’s Economic Competitiveness Growth of Legal Expenses: 43 and Counting

September 11, 2023 • 14 min read

Since 2019, the state legislature has passed at least 43 bills that create, expand, and/or modify civil causes of action.

Tags: colorado, colorado economy, litigation

Home Affordability in Colorado: Update to Colorado’s Homebuyer Misery Index

August 31, 2023 • 3 min read

Colorado ranks #2 in the nation for the largest decreases in housing affordability since 2009 according to the Colorado Homebuyer Misery Index.

Tags: Colorado Housing, homebuyers, housing

Colorado Jobs and Labor Force Update – July 2023 Update

August 18, 2023 • 3 min read

Colorado July 2023 Employment Data – Colorado added 800 total nonfarm jobs in July after recording 1,800 jobs added in June, and 8,600 in May.

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Proposition HH: The Taxpayer Dilemma

August 16, 2023 • 63 min read

Evaluation of the Long-term Impacts: Prop HH gives Coloradans a choice; trade some property tax relief for longterm increase in state taxes.

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Colorado Jobs and Labor Force Update – June 2023 Update

July 21, 2023 • 3 min read

The state’s manufacturing sector added 1,400 jobs in June after adding 1,900 in May. This is the largest two-month job gain for this sector since May-June of 2020 immediately following the large decline in April 2020.

Tags: colorado economy, colorado jobs, Colorado Jobs Report, Colorado's workforce, jobs, workforce

Colorado’s Workforce Woes Should Spell Opportunity for Economic Mobility

July 19, 2023 • 18 min read

Colorado’s labor force is the tightest on record, with 2.7 jobs for every unemployed person. The labor shortage and skills mismatch in Colorado is costing $46 billion in additional state Gross Domestic Product (GDP) this year.

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