Our Publications
Community Land Trusts: An Essential Tool in the Affordable Real Estate Toolbox
April 2020
“The widespread lack of affordable Colorado real estate in the very locations where it is needed most, combined with rising land acquisition and construction costs, raises the question of how reducing or even eliminating the high cost of land can increase options that address Colorado’s affordable housing crisis.”
- Published by Colorado Lawyer, written by Erin Clark. Produced and implemented by Colorado Bar Association Real Estate Section Council Publication Committee; Regional Liaison: Douglas Tueller.
Building Healthy Communities through Health Care and Affordable Housing Synergies: Front Range Case Studies
December 2019
“This article discusses how various organizations are striving to create safer, healthier communities for all by meeting the housing and health care needs of the most vulnerable populations. It focuses on Front Range case studies.”
- Published by Colorado Lawyer, written by Melinda Pasquini and Robert M. Munroe. Produced and implemented by Colorado Bar Association Real Estate Section Council Publication Committee; Regional Liaison: Douglas Tueller.
Innovative Housing Solutions: Lessons from Across the Country
November 2019
“Communities around the country face challenges in addressing their affordable housing needs across the entire housing spectrum. This article considers creative approaches to increasing the supply of affordable housing.”
- Published by Colorado Lawyer, written by Elizabeth Peetz and Bridget Garcia. Produced and implemented by Colorado Bar Association Real Estate Section Council Publication Committee; Regional Liaison: Douglas Tueller.
The Aspen Pitkin County Housing Authority: An Affordable Workforce Housing Program
October 2019
“The City of Aspen and Pitkin County manage an affordable workforce housing program for qualified employees within their jurisdiction. This article discusses the housing program’s formation and management.”
- Published by Colorado Lawyer, written by Bethany Spitz. Produced and implemented by Colorado Bar Association Real Estate Section Council Publication Committee; Regional Liaison: Douglas Tueller.
Forever is an Awfully Long Time: Affordable Housing Covenants in Colorado (Part II)
August / September 2019
“This two-part article aims to assist public and private sector practitioners with negotiating affordable housing covenants, with a focus on agreements impose…Part II is a transcript from a hypothetical pre-application meeting between a developer and a town planner, along with each party’s counsel, to discuss the terms a voluntary affordability covenant might include.”
- Published by Colorado Lawyer, written by Ben Doyle. Produced and implemented by Colorado Bar Association Real Estate Section Council Publication Committee; Regional Liaison: Douglas Tueller.
“Hang ’em High”:
Affordable Housing Covenants in Colorado (Part I)
July 2019
“Over the past decade of growth in Colorado, communities throughout the state have been focusing increasingly on issues surrounding the need to address shortages of quality affordable, accessible, and safe housing…[This] series strives to supplement and further the evolving public discourse regarding this issue of paramount importance to the continued vitality, health, and ‘fairness’ of our state.“
- Published by Colorado Lawyer, written by Ben Doyle, introduction by Doug Tueller. Produced and implemented by Colorado Bar Association Real Estate Section Council Publication Committee; Regional Liaison: Douglas Tueller.
Buyers and Brokers Beware: The Contract-Deeding Trap for the Unwary
March 2016
“A primary aim of the Colorado Division of Real Estate Form Contracts has always been to assist parties involved in day-to-day Colorado real estate transactions…This article highlights potential title conveyance traps for unwary parties, brokers, and attorneys relying on conveyance instruction provisions in the Colorado Division of Real Estate-approved standard contract forms.”
- Published in Colorado Lawyer, written by Douglas Tueller and Nate Smith.