🌱 Affordable Housing Would Require Price Drop + Climate-Friendly Home

Good morning, friends. It's me, Brad K. Evans, your host of the Denver Daily — back in your inbox with everything you need to know about what's happening locally. Today you'll learn about...

• Home prices in Colorado would need to drop 32 percent to become "affordable."
• Groups divided over psychedelic mushroom ballot measure.
• Family rebuilding with a more climate-friendly house in Superior.

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Saturday's weather: An afternoon thunderstorm. High: 70 Low: 48.

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Here are the top stories in Denver today:

1. Why are Colorado activists so divided over the psychedelics ballot measure? Those working to pass Proposition 122 claim legal access to psychedelic mushrooms will provide another avenue to solve the state's mental health crisis. Why is there so much opposition coming from some psychedelic activists? (5280)
2. Housing prices would have to drop 32 percent to become "affordable." CU's Futures Center indicates that housing prices would have to drop 32 percent across the state to reach match the affordability from 2015. (9News)
3. Marshall fire victims building a climate-friendly house. A family in Superior commits to rebuild with a "less-leaky home" and one that can withstand future wildfires and poor air quality. (CPR)
4. Snow in the high country expected this weekend. The cold front moving across this state will bring the first significant snowfall of the year, and is expected to drop up to nine inches in areas above 10,000 feet. (Out There)

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Today in Denver:

• Paris Street Market: Aspen Grove. (8 a.m.)
• HCC Contractor academy course: Business development. (8 a.m.)
• Fall Plant & Bulb Sale: Denver Botanic Gardens. (9 a.m.)
• Fall Festival: Glory of God Lutheran Church. (10 a.m.)
• Things to Do in Denver: This weekend, Sept. 30-Oct. 2. (Westword)
• 20 Comedy shows to check out: In Denver this month. (303 Magazine)

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From my notebook:

• Flu season is just around the corner. The Denver Department of Public Health & Environment is recommending that you get a flu shot this year. The Center for Diseases and Control says that both the flu & COVID-19 vaccines can be administered at the same time. (CDC)

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