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Democratic 2022 Colorado House of Representative

Andrew Boesenecker

I was born in Holland, MI, I grew up just a stone’s throw away from the shores of Lake Michigan. I was raised in a family that included public school employees, teachers, veterans and law enforcement officers. I am also proud of a family heritage that includes generations of farmers – people who know the importance of growing healthy food for their neighbors and community.I spent my childhood and teenage years sailing on Lake Michigan, exploring parks and forests, and riding my bike anywhere it would take me. One of those kids who couldn’t stop beating on pots and pans, I received my Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance from Western Michigan University in 2001. I love playing drums and the marimba (and also the pots and pans) with my three children to this day.

Affordable Housing

The lack of affordable housing is a crisis in Northern Colorado.

I will work to ensure that Coloradans have access to attainable and affordable housing and will work to protect the rights of renters and first time homebuyers. Now more than ever, and especially as we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical that we support renters and homeowners — doing everything we can to keep people housed while avoiding pandemic-related foreclosures or evictions. In response to these challenges, and in order to prioritize the one-time federal relief dollars here in Colorado, the General Assembly convened the Affordable Housing Task Force in 2021. I’m proud to be carrying one of the task force bills which will grant mobile home park residents access to low-interest revolving loan fund dollars to aid in the purchase of their mobile home park.

Fixing our housing crisis will require a variety of creative and collaborative solutions. I will work to empower local governments and municipalities so they have as many tools as possible to provide affordable housing in communities throughout Colorado. Since being elected, I have been hard at work on behalf of mobile home park residents in our community, working to protect residents and also Colorado’s largest source of unsubsidized affordable housing.

I also support bolstering the Housing Development Grants Fund (HDG), expanding down payment assistance programs, public housing options, housing developments which take into consideration access to public transit, and green housing initiatives which make environmental sustainability a priority. Our communities should be affordable, sustainable, and accessible to all who desire to live, work, and retire in Northern Colorado.