Tenants Want Stronger Enforcement of Rental Licensing Program
To get a license, landlords must pass an inspection ensuring that there is working hot water, proper electricity and sufficient rodent infestation control along with the other minimum requirements of Denver’s housing code. But the Felix's tenants say there hasn't been much action despite those requirements.
Denver apartments’ unreliable water taps, roach infestations and overflowing garbage spur change in Colorado law
Spurred on by the conditions at the Felix cited by tenants like Stark — and by a Colorado appellate court ruling last summer that highlighted shortcomings in existing law — state lawmakers and Gov. Jared Polis this month tightened the state’s warrant of habitability. That is the section of statute governing safe and clean housing.
They Don't Have Hot Water at the Felix, But They Do Have Mice
Over 100 of the complex's residents — including several refugees from Afghanistan — have joined a union to fight for better conditions.
Tenants Unions fed up with living conditions picket outside Denver management company
Nearly a week after the newly formed Denver Metro Tenants Union held its first official meeting, on Wednesday it organized its first official picket with the Clarkson Tenant Union, outside of the Boutique Apartments management company.