$1 Billion in Housing Funding in Colorado

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Home Wanted calls on communities, businesses, and agencies throughout Boulder County to address our region’s escalating housing needs. Together, we can implement strategies and policies for sustainable, affordable housing solutions to support our neighbors for generations to come.

August 2019 Newsletter

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This monthly newsletter provides updates on what our community is doing to increase affordable housing in Boulder County. We’ll also keep you in-the-loop on how you can get involved.

We all have a role in making housing more affordable, accessible and sustainable for generations to come. Realizing the growing need for more housing options in our region, the Boulder County Regional Housing Partnership (BCRHP) formed in 2016 and launched Home Wanted to bring communities, businesses and agencies together with a shared goal: to make 12 percent of all housing options in Boulder County affordable by 2035.

See our latest updates below or visit our website for more information on Home Wanted.

Policy Wins: Huge Increase in Housing Funds Across Colorado

We did it! Thanks to the advocacy and leadership of the Boulder County Regional Housing Partnership and like-minded groups across Colorado, we are celebrating historic policy wins for affordable housing development and access in Colorado. Our community movement helped provide $1 billion in state funding for affordable housing.

In the final two weeks of the 2019 legislative session, Colorado lawmakers passed several bills that will help address our community’s housing crisis.

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These bills include:

The new dedicated source of funding through a vendor fee modification (HB1245)

Incentives for builders to facilitate affordable housing development (HB1319)

The State Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (HB1228)

The expanded funding for affordable housing through the unclaimed property trust fund (HB1322)

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Other 2019 bills included housing resources for people recovering from substance use disorders ( HB1009 ), increased tenant protections ( HB1170 , HB1106 ), and a host of updates affecting manufactured/modular housing ( HB1011 , HB1309 , HB1238 ).

Great job to all the community members, advocates, policymakers, non-profit leaders and residents who made these policy wins possible—your work builds a stronger community!

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Businesses and cities can help too!

Google pledges $1 billion to affordable housing solutions in the Bay Area.

Affordable housing lessons from 5 cities.

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The drama ‘ The Last Black Man in San Francisco’ is based on filmmaker Jimmie Fail’s experiences trying to hold on to a home in San Francisco (Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize winner).

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Vox’s Today, Explained podcast ‘ Little Pink Houses for Nobody’ covers the impact of single family zoning and housing affordability in the most expensive housing market in the U.S.

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Partnering to triple the affordable housing in Boulder County by 2035. Our goal is to ensure that families, seniors, our workforce and our children have access to an affordable home in their community.

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