Many of you are aware of the ongoing attack on Front Range habitats including Belmar Park, Chatfield State Park and Bear Creek Lake Park. Unfortunately, habitats are under pressure globally which threatens the web of life for everyone on the planet. This trend is often justified locally by proclaiming the need to ignore the value…
While many today complain that US housing costs are much higher than earlier decades, data compiled from the Bureau of Labor Statistics tells a different story. The BLS has collected data for decades on how much US households spend on food, clothing and housing as a percent of total income. In 1901, 82% of household…
Homelessness, and especially people who are unhoused, is a growing concern in the US. Upzoning advocates have pointed to the high cost of housing as a key driver of homelssness and that upzoning would make housing more affordable and therefore would reduce the number of unhoused persons in a city. ‘Upzoning’ is a city planning…
Addition in Fairfax, Virginia Higher urban housing density is being promoted by the City of Lakewood, Colorado as a strategy to improve affordability by increasing the supply of housing units in a given area, which can help meet high demand and reduce competition for housing. But density advocates often neglect to explain why simply increasing…
Has the US drowned itself in luxury housing? This video explains the problems with building ‘luxury’ apartment housing in the US. Take this challenge to find housing for a family. Try to find a new four bedroom apartment in Lakewood on Zillow that is cheaper to rent (or buy) than an existing four bedroom home…
Forget about the new Lakewood zoning code bringing down housing costs! This tiny 6,150 square foot vacant lot in Lakewood now asking over $1,000,000! City council has legalized building out of scale projects in many neighborhoods where such projects used to be illegal. Many view this as uncontrolled development. Notice what the neighborhood looks like.…
Do you want this all over Lakewood at $$ ONE MILLION PER HOME? (Click the image for a better view.)That is the offer price! Welcome to the new zoning law. City council must think the answer to the housing crisis is building this style of million dollar homes all over Lakewood! Because city council has…
Lakewood refused to adopt the science-based wildlife buffer ordinance modeled after Fort Collins to protect areas like Belmar Park. And these examples of escalating housing costs in Lakewood will only get worse if the tentacles of zoning reform are allowed to continue. Skinny home only 5 feet wider than a parking space costs $1,000,000! 1/7…
The simulation below shows the 6-story Kairoi housing compound will cast a large shadow over much of Belmar Park and the townhomes across the street. The shadow will cause significant new problems for the neighborhood including a larger mosquito population and new snow and ice removal problems for the townhomes.
A recently elected RTD Director has announced that: The most comically NIMBY thing I have ever seen from Save Belmar Park right here in Colorado. “Don’t build more housing because really people are preferring to live as ‘vehicle-dwelling cultural creatives’ instead of working hard to be able to pay Colorado rents.” savebelmarpark.com/living-in-a-… Please notice he…