Denver and Aurora rents are rising too fast. Job wages are not meeting the high rent explosion. It needs to cease!

Rent prices have gone through the roof, due to people moving here for jobs and because of the legalization of Marijuana. In December, a salty Reddit thread (language NSFW) talked about how messy the situation is all over the metro area, but especially in Denver. These rapid increases have real-world impacts. The higher rental prices, combined with increase in home prices, is where many can't afford to rent or buy. That will force people to leave the area altogether or become homeless. The right to housing is the economic, social and cultural right to adequate housing and shelter. It is recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Cultural Rights. Calculations of hourly wage a resident would need to earn to afford a two-bedroom apartment is grim here especially for seniors