DENVER — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is turning up the heat on cities that aren’t following new state housing laws.

He issued a new executive order on Wednesday that identifies $280 million in funding that could be withheld from them.

It’s the latest development in a dispute between the governor and leaders of several cities over state housing laws, including laws to increase housing density near transit and another to ban certain cities from enacting or enforcing minimum parking requirements.

“I hope that communities across the state do more on housing, but there's got to be some state minimum that you can't actively be part of the problem that makes housing less affordable in our state,” Polis told Denver7 ahead of his announcement. “You need to join the work we're doing to make livin

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