Democrats are celebrating the state’s new ban on residential occupancy rates as an end to traditional families and homelessness while opening the doors to hipster communal living.
“I am thrilled to take this bold step today to cut red tape and get the government out of the business of telling people who they can live with,” said Gov. Polis, a pretend libertarian who falsely framed the intent of the bill as such.
Occupancy limits were never about telling people who they could live with, but mostly in setting safety standards and reducing property damage.
Sure, it was often targeted at young college students who weren’t the most responsible renters. They liked to throw parties, were often loud and messy, and not the most reliable rent payers.
The bill was sponsored by Democrat state Reps. Manny Rutinel and Javier Mabrey and state Sens. Tony Exum and Julie Gonzales.
In their official statements, some said the quiet part out loud.
“Ending discriminatory occupancy limits is a great way to break down housing barriers and create a more equitable market,” said Senator Julie Gonzales, D-Denver. “These limits disproportionately affect historically marginalized communities that may have diverse family structures. I am extremely pleased to see this bill that will lift outdated occupancy limits and give Coloradans a wider range of housing options get signed into law.”
It’s not so much outdated that three to five people who aren’t related live in a housing unit, as currently allowed.
Aside from college students, the historically marginalized communities who bunk together with more than five people to whom they are not related are illegal immigrants, as well as those now those seeking asylum who exist here on the purgatory plane of legitimacy.
The tens of thousands of migrants descending on Colorado don’t have the credit history or even proper documentation to rent housing.
So now they can in unlimited numbers with someone who does, and landlords can’t legally stop them from turning a rental property into a bunkhouse.
Interestingly, the U.N. warns against practices that would force illegal immigrants to live in “overcrowded and insecure conditions” when their legal status prevents them from renting adequate accommodations.
If Democrats were serious about overpriced housing for regular Joes and their hipster friends, they should first deal with the inflated economy, then stop loading up the government with feel-good regulations that accomplish little except for increasing rents on working folks.
The new law takes effect July 1.