Overview

• Following the Oct. 6 deadline, the governor’s office and DOLA named 14 municipalities that will be scored lower for access to $280 million across 34 grant and loan programs, though they remain eligible to apply.
• The cited violations center on requirements to allow accessory dwelling units and to enable denser housing near transit, with examples including Arvada, Aurora, Centennial, Cherry Hills Village, Glendale, Greenwood Village, Lafayette, Lone Tree, Thornton and Westminster.
• Maria De Cambra of DOLA said most jurisdictions are compliant or progressing and noted accelerated funding opportunities for early movers such as Denver, Englewood, Lakewood and Colorado Springs.
• Six home-rule cities have a pending lawsuit challenging the housing laws and the governor’s funding directive, arguing the measures unlawfully intrude on local land-use authority.
• A state report highlights a housing shortfall of about 106,000 homes and shows 9% of jurisdictions have fully implemented the ADU law, 73% are in progress, and 60% have documented compliance with the transit-oriented density reporting rule.