Builders raise alarm in Thornton, where fight over water threatens new construction in tight housing market

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Thornton says without its Poudre water shares, its growth will grind to a halt before 2030 at a population of 160,000.

After nearly four years of lawsuits, court decisions and recriminations between Larimer County and Thornton over the city’s efforts toto fuel future growth, Colorado’s home builders are now weighing in with a warning that the ongoing standoff risks worsening the state’s affordable housing crisis.

According to the National Association of Home Builders, the letter said, a $1,000 increase in the cost of a median-cost new home bumps more than 2,300 Colorado households out of the market.grind to a halt before 2030 at a population of 160,000 But Gary Wockner, director of the non-profit Save The Poudre, accused the home builders last week of “spewing false information.” Wockner and others who have spent the last few years fighting the $423 million pipeline say Thornton could easily send its water down the Poudre to a point much closer to the city, like Windsor, before taking it out.

 

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I bet Thornton population gets to 160,007.

We live on a finite planet with finite resources. People really want to ignore this fact to try to make more money. We are already using more resources than the planet can provide. Where is the alarm in that?

good. front range is over populated

Good! We're full! Send all the commies back to their failing states! We don't need them!

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