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Rent-setting algorithms have become a target of consumer protection advocates in recent years, who say they effectively enable landlords to collude and drive up the cost of housing.

So many new apartments hit the metro Denver market last year. Too many? Plus: Not every place has seen rents drop. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Tamara Chuang and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below.

A glut of unused office space in downtown Denver could be transformed into affordable living units. That’s according to a recent study that looked at converting empty office space to increase the available housing in the city. We explore that proposal, on today’s In The NoCo.

Democrats are making another attempt to stop landlords from what they’re calling unlawful collusion

An abundance of unused office space in Denver’s skyscrapers could be transformed into affordable living units. That’s the conclusion of a recent study that looked at converting unused office space to increase the available housing in the city.

Some renters have a beef with their landlords over something called junk fees. It’s a term for extra expenses landords charge on top of the rent. And the Colorado Attorney General’s Office has been cracking down on them. Hear more about junk fees, and what people can do about them, on today’s In the NoCo.

Governor Jared Polis signed a bill Monday that eliminates discriminatory occupancy limits statewide. Several communities in Northern Colorado will be impacted, including Fort Collins, and residents have mixed responses.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty announced that Four Star Realty will pay the state $1 million dollars during a joint press conference last week.

Steamboat Springs created three different zones to regulate short-term rentals, including a red zone where no new permits for those rentals can be issued. Three people living within that zone share their experiences with how the regulations have shaped their lives.

The Colorado Sun Editor Lance Benzel joined us to talk about a new bug swarming northwestern Colorado now that the moths are gone and a group of Denver renters who crashed a party for landlords with a protest.