Denver deserves a mayor with the business experience to eliminate regulations, fix Denver’s permitting department, and get more affordable housing built.

Eliminate city regulations that are blocking affordable housing for Denverites.
Denver deserves an efficient and well-funded permit department that reviews their permits in a timely manner.
Get corruption and money out of the process: Denver deserves to have confidence that our zoning laws serve the public, not special interests.

Home Prices are too high. The Denver housing market has seen a dramatic and unsustainable increase over past 7 years. House prices are 70% higher than 2015 and rent has increased 36%. These numbers have priced first-time homebuyers out of the market.
The government has become part of the problem. Homebuilders are ready to build new houses, but Denver’s Permit Department is taking 15 weeks to review permits that should only 4 weeks to review. These delays increase prices by decreasing the number of houses built and increasing the cost of building each house.

It’s time to make the government work for its citizens. Denver deserves an efficient and well-funded permit department that reviews their permits in a timely manner. It’s also time for the permit department to return to in-person meetings where permit issues are easier to resolve.
I will work to eliminate regulations that are blocking affordable housing: For example, we should simplify the process of building a backyard cottage or mother-in-law unit (Accessory Dwelling Unit). It shouldn’t take 2 years to secure permission to build an ADU. We should eliminate other regulations that add unnecessary cost housing, like parking requirements that add $18,000 to the cost of the average Denver home.
I will get corruption and money out of the process: Denver deserves to have confidence that our zoning laws serve the public, not special interests. We must stop lobbyists from gaming the system by using zoning to decrease competition.

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