As contentious Colorado housing laws take effect, some cities are playing nice — while others resist or sue

As contentious Colorado housing laws take effect_ some cities are playing nice — while others ...

Lafayette’s mayor, JD Mangat, can’t afford a house in the city he leads. On a salary as a middle school social studies teacher, home prices in the Boulder County city of 30,000 are out of reach for the 29-year-old Lafayette native. “I live at home with my parents,” he said. “None of my friends growing up still live in Lafayette.” Yet, when it comes to a cluster of housing bills lawmakers passed last year — all designed to abate the astronomical …

As contentious Colorado housing laws take effect, some cities are playing nice -- while others resist or sue

Lafayette’s mayor, JD Mangat, can’t afford a house in the city he leads. On a salary as a middle school social studies teacher, home prices in the Boulder County city of 30,000 are out of reach for the 29-year-old Lafayette native. “I live...

As contentious Colorado housing laws take effect, some cities are playing nice — while others resist or sue

Lafayette’s mayor, JD Mangat, can’t afford a house in the city he leads. On a salary as a middle school social studies teacher, home prices in the Boulder County city of 30,000 are out of reach for the 29-year-old Lafayette native. “I live at home with my parents,” he said. “None of my friends growing up still live in Lafayette.” Yet, when it comes to a cluster of housing bills lawmakers passed last year — all designed to abate the astronomical …