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Instagram · Thanks to @shane4larimer for sharing your housing stories and ideas with our group tonight! 🍻
Instagram · YIMBY Fort Collins is committed to giving renters a voice, so we want to highlight how renter rights have changed in recent years. You should know: 💰 Security deposits are generally capped at two months’ rent. 🐶 Pet deposits are capped at $300 and must be refundable. 💸 Landlords generally can’t require income greater than 2x the monthly rent. ✅ Qualifying portable tenant screening reports must…
Instagram · 🍻 Meet us for Happy Hour with @shane4larimer Shane Atkinson, our endorsed candidate for Larimer County Commissioner in District 1🌟 Find us downstairs at Prost on Monday, October 12 to learn more about this election’s impact on housing and more in Larimer County 🏠 Hear from fellow YIMBYs about policy we’re focused on in Fort Collins 🤓 Learn about some new volunteer opportunities this fall 🍁
Instagram · 🚊 Absolutely packed turnout at our event on Front Range Passenger Rail last night! 🚊 Thank you to our attendees for your enthusiasm and great questions. Thank you to @coloradoan for your coverage and helping make this event standing-room-only. Thank you to @tcanonico for convening our speakers and facilitating the conversation. And thank you to our FANTASTIC speakers @rep.boesenecker.co.hd53, Se…
Instagram · 🚊 TOMORROW! 🏠 Front Range Passenger Rail enthusiasts or community members who want to learn more, join us to hear this esteemed panel talk all things CoCo tomorrow, August 6 in Odell’s community room. Show up early to grab a beer before the panel starts at 6:30 pm.
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Instagram · Spent today working on a house in the Bloom neighborhood, with @fortcollinshabitat and @yimbyfortcollins Habitat will have 40 affordable for sale homes in the Bloom development. Teamwork makes the dream work. Shoutout to the homies @juliefortcollins @chris.conway.foco and @lexival14 who made the time fly by! #affordablehousing #fortcollins #community #larimercounty
Instagram · Front Range Passenger Rail is coming to Fort Collins! 🚆 Join our panel of experts as we envision a vibrant community surrounding the future Front Range Passenger Rail station in Fort Collins. 🏠 Grab a beer in the Odell Brewery Tasting Room before 6:30 then join us in the community room. ⚡️ RSVP at the link in our bio.
Instagram · 🔨 Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity is hosting a Build Day for YIMBY volunteers on August 1 and you’re all invited to sign up! 🏠 Hurry to book your spot quickly, there are only 10 spots total and half are already taken! 🏁 ⚡️ Register at the link in our bio. The deadline for registration is Wednesday, July 29th at 8:30am. Anyone attempting to register after this will not be able to and will not…
Instagram · Wednesday evening I joined a panel organized by @strongtownsfoco and @yimbyfortcollins to talk about something we’ve been talking about since 2003: paid parking in Old Town. Yes, 2003. I walked the room through 22 years — six studies, six consultants, one consistent recommendation (paid on-street parking in Old Town), and one consistent outcome (not yet). The data hasn’t changed. The conclusion ha…
Instagram · 🚗 YIMBY is teaming up with our friends at Strong Towns @strongtownsfoco to host three parking policy experts as we discuss best practices in metered parking and downtown land use. Tuesday, June 30, 7:00-8:15pm Center for Creativity 200 Mathews St., Fort Collins
Instagram · YIMBY Fort Collins is endorsing @michaelbennet for Governor. He is the only candidate committed to continuing our statewide push to holding local governments accountable to building more homes. We’re endorsing @shane4larimer for Larimer County Commissioner because he treats housing as a real quality-of-life issue for Larimer County that has consequences on everything from income equality to the en…
Instagram · Join YIMBY Colorado to celebrate our latest wins at the Capitol 🎉 Together, we’ve pushed for policies that add homes, improve transit, and move our cities away from car dependency. At this Legislative Victory Party, you’ll meet neighbors, organizers, and partners who turned pro-housing ideas into real legislation. Come debrief the session, share what worked, and help shape our next fights for abu…
Instagram · ✨SPOTLIGHT ON THE PRESENTERS✨ We are excited to hear presentations from Matthew and Rachel on May 21st! This show drew a lot of interest and is sold out with a wait list available. To get first access to future shows, sign up for our newsletter; see the link in our bio. Matthew Behunin has spent more than 10 years working in local and state government across Colorado, Florida, Arizona, and Utah. H…
Instagram · Hey hey, nerds of northern Colorado, we have two great talks coming up for our May 21st show @wolverinefarm ! Read on for details! Talk 1: Land Value Tax: How Taxing Dirt Could Solve Sprawl, Save the Climate, and Fix Inequality by: Matthew Behunin What if we taxed land instead of buildings and work? This Nerd Nite introduces the idea of the land value tax: a policy that rewards building homes and…
Instagram · 🏠 YIMBY Fort Collins is partnering with Neighbor to Neighbor to gather information through focus groups to better understand renter experiences in Larimer County. 💙 Your stories will be used to educate and inform ways we can improve the renting in Larimer County. 💲 The first 25 participants to attend each focus group will receive a $25 gift card for their time. ⚡Registration links for each even…
Blog · Renter Rights One-Stop ShopThis page is intended to give Fort Collins renters the information they need to stand up for their right to live peacefully without fear of discrimination or retaliation from a landlord.
Instagram · ✍️ YIMBY Fort Collins volunteers are invited to canvass this Saturday @ 3 PM @ Ballmer Peak Distillery to help Lakewood fight a NIMBY petition effort to repeal its recent pro-housing land use reforms. 💪 We’ll canvass alongside YIMBY Denver until about 5:30 PM and afterwards head back to the distillery for a happy hour to celebrate the progress that housing has made in Lakewood and across the stat…
Instagram · What a night! 🎉 Our gubernatorial candidate forum was our largest event ever, and the energy in the room was incredible! In partnership with fellow advocacy groups, we brought together two candidates for governor to answer tough, community-driven questions on housing, transportation, and the issues that shape how we live. People showed up, stayed engaged, and made it clear: these issues matter. T…
Instagram · 📣 Lakewood needs our help 📣 RSVP or Donate ⚡ Links and details below 👍 Lakewood passed Colorado’s boldest pro-housing policy. 👎 Now opponents want to overturn it in a low-turnout April election. ‼️ If we lose here, every Colorado city trying reform becomes a target. Sound familiar to our land use code fight in Fort Collins? The difference in Lakewood is that they are putting it all on the line…
Instagram · 🏠Colorado’s housing and transportation future is on the ballot. 🎉Join us for an in-person forum with gubernatorial candidates Phil Weiser and Michael Bennet to hear how they approach housing affordability, land use, and transportation. Saturday, Feb 21 | 1:30–3:00PM Denver Athletic Club ⚡ RSVP at the link in our bio
Instagram · Working Coloradans are forced into long commutes because they can’t afford living in the communities they work in. The HOME Act (HB1001) would create more housing so that: 🩺 Nurses 🍎 Teachers 🚒 Firefighters can afford to live in the communities they support. Tell lawmakers to vote YES on #HB1001 Colorado has the second-worst housing shortage in the country. We need to build +34K homes each year…
Instagram · 🍻 Grab a beer and join us for our first happy hour of 2026! 🎉 New councilmembers Anne Nelsen and Josh Fudge @joshfudgeforfortcollins will join us Thursday, February 12 downstairs at Prost Brewing. 🚲 Come meet likeminded folks who want to keep Fort Collins walkable, bikeable, and most importantly, affordable. 🏠 RSVP at the link in our bio ⚡️
Blog · YIMBY Fort Collins Statement on the Sierra Club Election:We wanted to provide some context regarding a recent Sierra Club election in Fort Collins:
How we work
Reform the rules
Back zoning reform and streamlined permitting so more homes are legal to build, especially near transit and jobs.
Educate & engage
Turn out residents to the meetings that matter and make it easy to take a pro-housing position on local projects.
Build partnerships
Work with neighbors, labor, faith groups, and builders toward a shared abundant-housing agenda.
YIMBY Fort Collins is a chapter of YIMBY Action.
One of the local groups organizing for more homes across the country, backed by the national team.