Community Development Department
Reference: Adoption of a Housing Action Plan
To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of City Council
Through: Michael P. Martinez, City Manager
Prepared By: Shawn Weiman, Affordable Housing Coordinator
Date Prepared: October 26, 2026
PURPOSE
To adopt a Housing Action Plan (“HAP”) containing housing strategies and an implementation plan.
BACKGROUND
A Housing Needs and Incentive Strategies Assessment (“HNA”) was presented to the City Council on October 24, 2023. The HNA forecasts a ten-year housing need of 3,100 units and recommends twenty-two strategies by which the City’s housing needs may be met.
After the HNA was accepted as the City’s housing strategies guide, Colorado Senate Bill 24-174 (the “Bill”) required the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (“DOLA”) to put forth a set of strategies by which housing needs goals can be met. Jurisdictions are required to select a certain number of those strategies and format them into a HAP. Subsequently, adoption of a HAP is required to comply with the Bill.
Recommended HAP strategies were presented to the City Council and the Planning Commission during a joint study session on June 9, 2026. DOLA completed a preliminary review of the selected HAP strategies and implementation plan and determined that they are adequate to take to a public hearing before the City Council.
STAFF ANALYSIS
The HNA’s recommended housing strategies greatly overlap with DOLA’s list of strategies, and some HNA strategies have already been implemented either via code amendments or policy adoption. The following strategies were selected for inclusion in the HAP:
Leverage public land for housing,
Subsidize or reduce impact fees for affordable housing,
Subsidize or reduce permit fees for affordable housing,
Implement a density bonus program,
Implement an expedited development review process for affordable housing,
Incentivize accessible or visitable units,
Adopt laws that support family housing,
Remain eligibl...
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