{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-34-508","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 24-34-508","heading":"Relief authorized.","body":"(1) In addition to the relief authorized by section 24-34-306 (9), the commission may order a respondent who has been found to have engaged in an unfair housing practice:\n\n(a) To rehire, reinstate, and provide back pay to any employee or agent discriminated against because of his obedience to this part 5;\n\n(b) To take affirmative action regarding the granting of financial assistance as provided in section 24-34-502 (1)(b) or the showing, sale, transfer, rental, or lease of housing;\n\n(c) To make reports as to the manner of compliance with the order of the commission;\n\n(d) To reimburse any person who was discriminated against for any fee charged in violation of this part 5 and for any actual expenses incurred in obtaining comparable alternate housing, as well as any storage or moving charges associated with obtaining such housing;\n\n(e) To award actual damages suffered by the aggrieved person and injunctive or other equitable relief;\n\n(f) (I) To pay a civil penalty in the following amount:\n\n(A) No more than ten thousand dollars if the respondent has not been adjudged to have committed a prior discriminatory housing practice;\n\n(B) No more than twenty-five thousand dollars if the respondent has been adjudged to have committed another discriminatory housing practice during the five-year period ending on the date of the filing of the charge; or\n\n(C) No more than fifty thousand dollars if the respondent has been adjudged to have committed two or more discriminatory housing practices during the seven-year period ending on the date of the filing of the charge.\n\n(II) The commission shall require a respondent to pay, in addition to any award of damages pursuant to section 24-34-505.6, a civil penalty to the plaintiff pursuant to this subsection (1)(f) in an amount of at least five thousand dollars if:\n\n(A) The respondent is found to have engaged in a violation of section 24-34-502 (1)(h), (1)(l), (1)(m), (1)(n), (1)(o), (1)(p), or (1)(r); and\n\n(B) The violation concerns discrimination on the basis of an individual's use of a housing subsidy, as defined in section 38-12-902 (1.7).\n\n(2) In addition to the relief authorized by the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, an individual with a disability who has suffered an unfair housing practice based on his or her disability is entitled to the relief set forth in section 24-34-802.","path":["Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE","Article 34 - Department of Regulatory Agencies","Part 5 - HOUSING PRACTICES"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-24.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"fa03f2d245fcecfeefd9218ac82a3e0258a7d2130ca182df6a45fc6058149ca4","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-34-507","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-34-509"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}