[joerickard]

In some areas that is not allowed due to zoning laws. Boulder CO for example limits household sizes to 3 or 4 unrelated people depending on location. Family homes are often over $3000/mo making affordable housing difficult to find.

[rch]

ADUs and Rooms in owner occupied homes can be much more affordable, but people offering a portion of their primary residence to renters are subject to the same restrictions as houses that are part of a landlord's asset portfolio. Move the needle on existing regulations and landlords acquire even more housing stock and raise rents across the board.

Equity based cooperatives and land trusts should be getting more attention in Boulder, since both have solid track records of providing permanently affordable housing elsewhere. Instead, local activists are following the national trend of pushing measures designed to facilitate the large scale transfer of private property into corporate rental portfolios.