co-founder & co-CEO @CoEvictionDef. Yankees fan, runner, and history nerd. Views my own.
Denver, CO
Joined August 2011
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Sam Gilman retweeted
Taking 20% of people's pay when they have unpaid medical bills is just kicking them when they're down.
Check out Lois Lupica from @CoEvictionDef talking about medical debt in @FortuneMagazine today.
“You’re really kicking people when they’re down,” said Lois Lupica, with the Denver-based @CoEvictionDef & @Princeton_DCL at Princeton. “They’re basically suing the you-can’t-get-blood-from-a-turnip population.” @KFFHealthNews @fortune fortune.com/2025/09/29/medic…
Sam Gilman retweeted
Great story from @sam_tabachnik in Sunday's @denverpost - describing how renters face eviction for unpaid utilities- a prohibited practice.
You can have the law on your side- but if you don't know the rules of the game- you can still get evicted.
denverpost.com/2025/08/17/co…
Sam Gilman retweeted
RealPage is acquiring payments processor Livble to give landlords the ability to subdivide monthly rents through direct integration with tenants’ real-time cash flow data.
RealPage is entering the surveillance pricing game. What could possibly go wrong?
Sam Gilman retweeted
Over the last three weeks I have been humbled and inspired by the many Coloradans I’ve met who want and need someone in the attorney general's office who will fight for them against all the ways they are scared, squeezed, and shut out by politics and the wealthy & powerful.
Sam Gilman retweeted
We worked really hard on HB25-1004 this year. Our goal was to increase competition in the CO rental market.
It's wild that companies like @RealPage - whose business model is literally landlord collusion- get a pass.
NEW: Gov Jared Polis (D) has vetoed a bill banning surprise billing by ambulance companies. The bill passed the Colorado legislature by *unanimous* votes in both chambers. #copolitics
Sam Gilman retweeted
Tonight, Gov. Polis vetoed HB25-1004, a bill that would have prohibited Colorado from using price-fixing algorithms to collude in setting rents. coloradosun.com/2025/05/29/j…
Sam Gilman retweeted
So disappointed to see HB25-1004 get vetoed tonight.
The bill would have stopped corporate landlords from working with big tech to fix prices in the CO rental market.
We have to make better decisions if we're going to stop our state's eviction and homelessness crisis.
Jared Polis vetoes bill that would have restricted the use of rent-setting software, like RealPage
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Sam Gilman retweeted
As @GilmanSam of @CoEvictionDef says, Polis "just vetoed the most meaningful legislation we had to lower costs for renters"
It sends a "devastating message that corporate landlords can keep using secret price-fixing algorithms to take extra rent from people who have the least”
Sam Gilman retweeted
🚨NEW: Jared Polis VETOED a landmark bill that would have banned landlords from using secretive algorithms to allegedly price-fix rents.
This was his chance to stand with working Coloradans over corporate landlords -- and he just made his priorities clear, says @Pat_Garofalo
Jared Polis vetoes bill that would have restricted the use of rent-setting software, like RealPage
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Sam Gilman retweeted
The rent is too damn high—and fixing it takes more than zoning tweaks. We need to hold corporate abuse accountable. That’ll be a top priority for me as AG, and why the Gov should sign HB-1004. Don’t just take it from me—we asked Nuggets fans too.
Sam Gilman retweeted
I'm David Seligman.
I’m running for CO Attorney General.
This campaign is about reclaiming our power from the billionaires who have stolen it from us, from working families. We will fight. And we will win. Because we love our country the promise it made: The law belongs to us.
Sam Gilman retweeted
Colorado just became the first state in the country to pass a ban on algorithmic rent-fixing. A huge, hard-fought win.
It’s an elegant policy that prohibits 2 or more landlords from using the same piece of software to set rents or restrict supply.
Polis has 30 days to sign it.
Sam Gilman retweeted
@Noelle_Phillips @denverpost recently wrote about Monica Villela’s efforts to reclaim her home in Green Valley Ranch after Chris Attard, a wealthy investor in Fort Collins, purchased the home for less than 10% of it’s value in 2021.
denverpost.com/2025/04/23/ho…
@redressmovement
Sam Gilman retweeted
Monica Villela lost her home when a predatory HOA handed it off to an opportunistic investor. Now she's trying to buy it back.
Read on for a petition from
@RedressMovement, calling on Welcome To Realty and its owner, Chris Attard, to sell Monica her home back.
@Noelle_Phillips @denverpost recently wrote about Monica Villela’s efforts to reclaim her home in Green Valley Ranch after Chris Attard, a wealthy investor in Fort Collins, purchased the home for less than 10% of it’s value in 2021.
denverpost.com/2025/04/23/ho…
@redressmovement
Sam Gilman retweeted
.@govofco will soon see the most pro-worker piece of labor law in a century on his desk (The Worker Protection Act). He'll decide if workers in Colorado have the freedom to negotiate over wages/benefits.
Call & tell him to sign that bill! act.aflcio.org/call_campaign…
Sam Gilman retweeted
We're excited to join @denvermetroTU's @organizetheppl, Denver Councilwoman Sarah Parady, @SenadoraJulie, @TowardsJustice's @daveyseligman, & @CoEvictionDef's @_MelissaMejia_ at this upcoming event, When Tenants Organize! Find out more & register here: eventbrite.com/e/when-tenant…
ALT When Tenants Organize event on September 25th. 6 PM: Reception and food 6:40 PM: Panel Discussion Counterpath Press 7935 E 14th Ave Denver, CO 80220
Sam Gilman retweeted
Eviction numbers continue to rise across CO amid the housing and homelessness crises. "Our community has gotten really unaffordable, and we see that most prominently in these appalling eviction numbers," CEDP's @ZachNeumannCO explains in @DenverChannel. denver7.com/news/local-news/…
Sam Gilman retweeted
.@CoEvictionDef understands the unique challenges of those facing homelessness & eviction.
This week, I delivered $840K in #CO06 funding to support purchasing a “Just Bus” mobile office to provide integrated, supportive eviction & homelessness prevention services.
Sam Gilman retweeted
This RealPage lawsuit could be huge for Colorado renters! For too long, RealPage has been artificially inflating the cost of rent for Coloradans, and it’s great to see this news coming from @COAttnyGeneral @pweiser and @TheJusticeDept. (1/4) coloradosun.com/2024/08/23/r…
