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Colorado Springs Housing Affordability Report

Feb 1, 2023

Since 2005, an estimated 105,000 new residents have come to the city of Colorado Springs. Over the same period, the average priced home has risen 119% from $218,707 to $479,043, as of December 2022.

Voters Approved the Creation of the State’s First Affordable Housing Fund: What’s Next?

Jan 30, 2023

FULL REPORT January 2023 Author - Peter LiFari – Common Sense Institute Housing Fellow LiFari is CSI’s Housing Fellow and the CEO of Maiker Housing Partners, a socially conscious public housing authority based in Adams County, Colorado. In his role as CEO, LiFari...

Indianapolis Metropolitan Area Housing Affordability Report: The Data on Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Morgan, Putnam, and Shelby Counties

Jan 26, 2023

Trends in housing affordability and estimates deficit and/or surplus of housing units in and around the Indianapolis metro area.

Colorado Housing Affordability Update: November 2022

Nov 2, 2022

CSI analyzes trends in affordability and estimates whether there is a deficit or surplus in housing units across select Colorado counties.

Homelessness in Metro Denver: An Opportunity to Transform Resources & the Existing System

Oct 21, 2022

This report is a clear look at a snapshot of how much our community is spending to address the issue of homelessness.

Crime in Colorado in 2022: The Data on Colorado’s Increasing Crime Problem

Oct 3, 2022

This report looks at the current state of crime in Colorado through the lens of publicly available data on the level of crime and crime rates.

2022 Colorado State Ballot Proposition FF: “Healthy School Meals for All Public School Students”

Sep 15, 2022

If passed, Proposition FF will provide free meals to all K–12 students within participating districts. It will also increase wages for school food preparation workers and subsidize the use of Colorado-grown and produced food.

Fall 2022 City & County of Denver Ordinance 305: “No Eviction Without Representation”

Sep 14, 2022

If passed by voters this fall, Denver’s citizen initiated Ordinance 305, “No Eviction Without Representation” would levy a new tax on landlords, of $75 per residential rental unit, to fund universal tenant legal representation for those facing an eviction or threat of eviction in the city.

2022 Colorado State Ballot Proposition #123: “Dedicated State Income Tax Revenue for Affordable Housing”

Sep 14, 2022

To address the unit production shortfall, Proposition #123 has qualified for the ballot, requesting that Coloradans dedicate 1/10th of 1% of federal taxable income from the State’s General Fund to create Colorado’s first statewide voter initiated affordable housing fund.

On the Road to $1 Billion in Vehicles Stolen: The Data Trends Behind Colorado’s Motor Vehicle Theft Crisis

Sep 8, 2022

Despite the complexity of the issues surrounding motor vehicle theft, there is a crystal-clear trend in the Centennial state. Theft rates continue to rise, and Colorado maintains its unenviable distinction as the number one state in America for car theft. CSI Criminal Justice Fellows Mitch Morrissey and George Brauchler explore the data and trends through the first six months of 2022.