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The Governor issued an Executive Order, D 2020-101, on Saturday night, Ordering the Temporary Limiting of Certain Evictions to Provide Relief to Coloradans Affected by COVID-19 The Directives include: I temporarily suspend C.R.S. § 38-12-204(1), 38-12-204.3(2), and 13-40-104(1)(d) requiring landlords to provide tenants ten (10) days’ notice of any default for non payment of rent during which time the tenant has the opportunity to cure the default. Landlords must provide tenants with thirty (30) days’ notice of any default for non payment before initiating or filing action for forcible entry and detainer. Such 30-day notice may extend beyond the expiration of this Executive Order. During this thirty (30) day period, tenants shall have the opportunity to cure any default for nonpayment. B. I direct the Executive Director of DOLA to work with landlords to implement the model rent repayment agreements created by DOLA to assist individuals who are unable to pay rent because they have been impacted by financial hardship due to COVID-19. C. Landlords and lenders are prohibited from charging any late fees or penalties for any breach of the terms of a lease or rental agreement due to nonpayment that were incurred from May 1, 2020 until June 13, 2020. D. Nothing in this Executive Order shall be construed as relieving an individual from their obligation to make mortgage or rent payments. Also, the legislature did pass, SB 20-224, related to immigrant tenant protection, for your information.