Council revamped a controversial land-use ordinance that city leaders hope will break a logjam in getting badly needed housing projects approved.

Lakewood hasn't issued any residential building permits — not even for single-family homes — since the city ... passed last year requires cities in Colorado to offer developers the option ...

At the heart of a debate happening for more than a year in Lakewood is the issue of what property owners can do with land ...

The ordinance banned fees in lieu of parkland dedication, but the result was a freeze on development in Lakewood; in some cases, it affected people looking to remodel their single-family homes.

In Colorado, 59.2% of homes are starter-sized ... Of the 55 large metro areas the study analyzed, the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metro is ranked the fifth-worst for first-time home buyers.