Constituents of Senate Districts;
8, 12, 15, 18, 19, and 24.
If you are receiving this email your Senator needs to hear from you today.
Please reach out to your district Senator directly and encourage him or her to support the proposed amendment for
HB25-1240 Protections for Tenants with Housing Subsidies
D8, Senator Roberts – robert.rodriguez.senate@coleg.gov
D24 Senator Mullica – kyle.mullica.senate@coleg.gov
D19 Senator Daugherty – lindsey.daugherty.senate@coleg.gov
D12 Senator Snyder – marc.snyder.senate@coleg.gov
D15 Senator Marchman – janice.marchman.senate@coleg.gov
D18 Senator Amabile – judy.amabile.senate@coleg.gov
Please join us today in asking your Senator’s support of an amendment to limit the effects of this bill, HB25-1240 Protections for Tenants with Housing Subsidies, to ONLY tenants receiving housing subsidies.
Message to Legislators (via the Colorado Apartment Association):
What does the bill do?
The bill codifies an existing federal pandemic-era law in state statute that requires landlords to provide a 30-day notice before taking legal action to begin the 3-to-4-month eviction process. This applies to individuals using housing subsidies and individuals residing in buildings that have federally backed mortgages like those from Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, or that were purchased using a federal grant program, or through a government down payment assistance program. This is also in excess of Colorado’s statutory 10-day requirement.
What does the amendment do?
To stay in line with the bill title, the amendment applies the increased notice time required by the bill only to tenants using housing subsidies. This removes tenants paying market rates who are residing in buildings that have federally backed mortgages from the bill’s effect.
Why is this amendment needed?
Without this amendment, landlords across Colorado will be forced to adhere to a 30-day eviction noticing requirement for market rate paying tenants as soon as the current federal law is repealed. In absence of this bill, these market rate paying tenants would be subject to the current state eviction noticing requirement of 10 days. Tripling the eviction notice for these tenants extends an already lengthy eviction process and increases the financial risk to landlords which increases rents and limits the supply of affordable housing.
Will this amendment impact tenants using housing subsidies?
No. The amendment does not impact the changes in the bill to the eviction noticing requirements for tenants using housing subsidies. It only removes market rate paying tenants from the 30-day noticing requirement.
Will this amendment align with the bill title and intent?
Yes. The title of HB25-1240 is “concerning protections for tenants who use housing subsidies”. However, page 6, lines 2 through 8 codifies the federal law in state statute that applies to tenants who use housing subsidies and tenants who do NOT use housing subsidies. This amendment actually brings the bill’s provisions in line with the bill title.
Why are market rate tenants even included in a bill about tenants using housing subsidies?
The underlying federal law that is being codified in state statute covers individuals using housing subsidies and individuals residing in buildings that have federally backed mortgages. Many individuals in that second category, however, are not receiving housing subsidies and are instead paying market rates. These individuals are not covered under the title of this bill and are only included because of the broadness of the federal law being cited.
