Jan 30, 2023

Can Governor Polis Fix Our Housing Problem?

Show Notes

For the first time in his now five years as governor, Jared Polis is focusing on housing. Whether its an urban, rural, or suburban community, every part of Colorado is just too expensive. So how does our uber-popular, tech-loving, libertarian-leaning governor plan to tackle the housing issue? And what would a hypothetical future Polis-opolis look like? CPR state politics and housing reporter Andy Kenney is on today with our chief Polis watcher and producer Paul Karolyi to talk about how the Governor thinks about housing and how he could re-shape our cities.

Hear more from Andy and the CPR politics team as they cover the housing debate at the Capitol on the Purplish podcast.

Andy mentioned State Sen. Julie Gonzales and the rare moment of bipartisanship over housing at last year’s legislative session. Don’t miss our interview with Gonzales about how that all went down.

Paul mentioned the recent closure of the Tea with Tae shop at 16th and California.

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