DENVER, Colorado, May 9 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: Today the Senate approved legislation to give local governments the right of first refusal to purchase existing subsidized housing and preserve Colorado's limited affordable housing stock. Sponsored by Senators Faith Winter, D-Broomfield, and Sonya Jaquez Lewis, D-Longmont, HB24-1175 would also give local governments the right to make the first offer to purchase other multifamily properti  more