Colorado law implies a warranty of habitability in every residential lease. A landlord must respond within 24 hours to conditions that materially interfere with life, health, or safety, and within 96 hours to other uninhabitable conditions after written notice. Tenants have repair-and-deduct, rent-related, termination, and damages remedies.
Under Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-12-503, "the landlord is deemed to warrant that the residential premises is fit for human habitation" in every rental agreement. A breach occurs when the premises is uninhabitable as listed in § 38-12-505 (or otherwise unfit) and the landlord fails to act after written or electronic notice. The landlord must respond within 24 hours for conditions that materially interfere with life, health, or safety and within 96 hours for other uninhabitable conditions once the tenant permits entry; mold has specific 96-hour containment steps. Section 38-12-507 gives tenants remedies including repair-and-deduct, recovery of damages (including reduced fair rental value), injunctive relief, and termination after notice. The warranty was substantially strengthened by the 2019 Residential Warranty of Habitability reforms and later amendments.
A landlord who fails to remedy a breach within the statutory windows is liable under § 38-12-507 for actual damages (including reduced fair rental value), injunctive relief, and may face repair-and-deduct or lease termination by the tenant. A tenant who prevails may recover reasonable attorney fees and costs where the agreement so provides.
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