Colorado law prohibits evictions over unpaid utilities. Advocates say landlords do it anyway

Colorado law prohibits evictions over unpaid utilities. Advocates say landlords do it anyway.

Mary Collins started to panic in March when she heard people beating on her door at the Cedar Run Apartments in southeast Denver. The 57-year-old was up-to-date on her rent, but she was late paying her utilities and an assortment of fees covering pest control, property taxes, trash, sewer and common-area maintenance. Collins is disabled and cannot work. She has a Housing Choice, or Section 8, voucher, which means the Denver Housing Authority pay…