Charles Brennan
Deputy Director of Research
Areas of expertise:
Quantitative research and data analysis, geographic information systems, housing and urban development, data visualization
Charles works as our Deputy Director of Research, using data and research to support our efforts to stand with diverse communities across Colorado in the fight against poverty. Charles has a background in urban planning, and is particularly interested in issues related to expanding access to housing, confronting spatial and racial inequities that are the legacy of past public policy choices, and democratizing data so that it can be a useful advocacy tool for CCLP and other organizations working at the state and local levels across Colorado.
Charles earned his Master in Urban Planning from Harvard University in 2014 and a bachelor’s degree from George Washington University in 2011. He worked as an associate at Clarion Associates, a land use and urban planning consulting firm in Denver prior to joining the Colorado Center on Law and Policy in 2019.
He enjoys working with the passionate and talented staff at CCLP and looks forward to any opportunity to provide policy makers and the public at large with the data and research they need to make informed decisions about the challenges and opportunities facing Coloradans.
- A Summary of Pro-Tenant Bills in the 2023 Legislative Session, Part 1
- SB23-007 Will Provide Much-Needed Resources to Colorado’s Adult Education Providers
- Reintroducing the Self-Sufficiency Standard
- Colorado is losing low-cost rental housing
- Overlooked and Undercounted shows 1 in 4 Colorado households struggling to get by
- Talent Equity Agenda is a roadmap to promote equity in Colorado’s top jobs
- Making cents of the headlines, part 2: What causes inflation?
- Making cents of the headlines, part 1: How do we measure inflation?
- CCLP files comment on overtime protections for farmworkers in Colorado
- Five takeaways for work after COVID-19
- Self-Sufficiency Standard for Colorado 2022
- Issue Brief: Colorado is losing low-cost rental housing
- Overlooked and Undercounted 2022
- Issue brief: Race equity in Colorado’s talent pipeline
- Issue Brief: Farmworker Overtime in Colorado: Estimate of Benefits and Costs
- Ready for work after COVID-19
- 2020 State of Working Colorado
- Issue Brief: Congress Must Extend Unemployment Insurance Benefits
- Budget Cuts and Health Access
- Deductible Affordability for Colorado’s Working-Age Families