Colorado lawmakers reject bill to allow resort towns to tax vacant homes

By: Chase Woodruff

Outlets: Colorado Newsline

Published: February 10, 2026

Words: 764

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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Moderate Democratic state lawmakers joined Republicans Monday night to defeat a bill that would have strengthened local Colorado governments’ authority to tax vacant residential properties.

House Bill 26-1036 had the support of the Colorado Municipal League, the Colorado Association of Ski Towns and a host of elected officials in mountain resort communities with severe housing shortages, who say vacancy taxes can disincentivize empty homes while helping to fund affordability programs. Any tax measures would …

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