Sen. Michael Bennet on High Housing Costs, His 38% Approval Rating, and Gov. Pol [11:26-16:28]

This isn't about playing politics, it's not about rhetoric, it's about how are we gonna roll up our sleeves and actually do the work and I think we'll be able to do it. Mandatory up zoning, that wouldn't be nibbling around the edges. I mean, this is the direct problem. These local municipalities, they want to preserve the character of the neighborhoods. They want to preserve the character of their communities. There it is. Would you go and help them to up zone? Let me see. I don't think there actually is. I'm gonna push back on you. I don't think there is a one size fits all approach that's gonna work. I don't think it will work. I think that what Lakewood is gonna do and what Bracken Ridge is gonna do and what Lyman is gonna do and what Durango and Grant Junction are gonna do are all gonna, and Alamosa are all gonna look different. It would, you would be, I think that it would be a fool's errand to believe that every one of these diverse communities is gonna approach this work in the same way or that they're gonna respond well to some edict from the central office or that you're even gonna be able to do it all at the same time in the same place. I just don't think that's how you make change. I think what you have to do is find willing dance partners in this state and there are many of them who are elected officials at the local level and the county level who are business leaders, who are the CEOs of hospitals, who are people that have the responsibility to figure out how to deliver mental health care and health care and education to the people who live in their communities who don't need a lecture from you about the need to build housing in their community. What they need is a collaborative partner from the governor who can help think differently about how to create a set of financing structures that can make the capital stack cheaper so that people can afford housing who can help align the incentives and incentives up and down the state through local governments down or through county governments, down local governments who can make it possible for people to be able to actually build housing in a cheaper and more quick way. And that's I think you are obviously passionate about this. I'm obviously passionate about this and I think that we need to deliver results because I think we're out of time for the reasons that I said and I apologize for using the word I used but I don't want to do it again. I've never heard your curse before. Well, I've heard you raise your voice before though. You do have, you do have the occasional viral moment. It's an interesting topic that affects every one of us. I didn't bring tech crews with me today. I don't know, I live in a neighborhood that has one of the first pilot programs for ADUs. I, you can see public housing from my porch. We are already integrating all of these housing styles that I don't necessarily see in some other neighborhoods in Denver. So it's something that I think about a lot too. Well, when you think about things like the, you know, the bill that ran last, by the way, passing a bill in Denver is not the same thing as building more housing in Colorado. And passing a bill in Denver is not the same thing about as making childcare cheaper in Colorado or I mean, it's about execution. And I think that that's been some of the huge challenges that we've faced as a nation. And it's not surprising to me that we're facing some of those same challenges in our state of the situation as well. This episode is brought to you by Multipass. Did you know you can sell event tickets and memberships for your organization, business or create them in Denver with Multipass? And you can buy tickets to your favorite events, meet new friends and create community on Multipass too. And proudly based in Denver and deeply rooted in the local event and creative scene, this platform is for event hosts and event goers alike. With Multipass, you can build vibrant communities through its unique community chat feature that unlocks post RSVP. And this helps attendees connect and engage with each other. The platform also solves cash flow issues with same-day payouts and offers revenue sharing tools that automatically splits ticket revenue between producers, performers, and promoters. It also features a promoter dashboard to boost attendance with built-in tools like the ability to add street teams and track performance. Multipass designed to help everyone in the event ecosystem win, not just the platform. Learn more at multipass.com. That's multipass.com. So I've heard from lots of liberals and more progressive-minded people that they don't feel so good about the Democratic Party and that leadership can feel like an old boys club. Like it's guys like you, Hickenlooper, Polis,