Opinion: Colorado’s commitment to housing should not be cut 40% in state’s budget crunch

As legislators grapple to fix the deficit, the work that Proposition 123 has provided shows it must remain fully intact

By Aaron Miripol and Jonathan Cappelli

Colorado’s housing crisis touches all of our cities and towns. We’ve seen aging parents and scores of siblings sharing bedrooms in small apartments, workers commuting long distances and employers struggling to hire because employees can’t find homes.

As nonprofit housing leaders who work across the Front Range, we know Proposition 123 — the permanent housing fund that voters approved in 2022 — is helping us address this crisis. Cutting it further to balance the state’s budget would do more lasting harm than it would short-term good, even in the midst of a $1.5 billion budget shortfall.

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