State Of The Affordable Rental Market, Plus The Plan To Add More [Video]

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — This morning, apartments.com shows the average two-bedroom rent across all of Colorado Springs right now is sixteen hundred and twelve dollars. Is there enough affordable housing though?

To look into this, I posted in the 411 for the 719 group on Facebook. Within hours, I received more than one hundred comments and even about a dozen laughing reactions. I asked if people think there’s enough affordable housing in the springs. The general consensus is that there is not.

I met with renters online and in person and just about everyone I talked to said they feel like they’re paying too much for rent in Colorado Springs. I spoke with Trenton Cordova. He tells me that when he was initially searching for affordable housing, there weren’t very many options. Cordova says if he wasn’t in affordable housing now, he wouldn’t be able to save to buy a …