Land Use

Round 2 of Housing Planning Grant Program (HPLN)

The Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) will open the second funding cycle of HPLN on Monday, June 9, 2025, and close applications on Friday, July 11, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. MST.  HPLN provides grants to local governments and regional entities to help them develop actionable and SB24-174 compliant Housing Needs Assessments (HNAs), Housing Action Plans (HAPs), and strategic growth elements of comprehensive plans. Approximately $11,100,000 in grant funding is available for awards, and a minimum of 25% local match of the total project cost is required.

New Housing Opportunity Goal Parcel Dataset and Interactive Map

DOLA has published an updated parcel dataset to support jurisdictions with calculating their Housing Opportunity Goal. The parcel dataset includes several exemptions already marked using the best available data known to DOLA. Local governments are not required to use this dataset – it’s simply meant to help jurisdictions save time if they choose to use it, or might be useful to compare against locally prepared parcel data. These resources can be found on the TOC webpage, and at the links below:

DOLA Releases New Multilaw Applicability Web App to Support Colorado Communities

The Community Development Office at the Department of Local Affairs' (DOLA) Division of Local Government just launched an additional interactive tool to help Colorado local governments understand and implement recent state land use and housing legislation, fulfilling a critical need expressed by several different interest groups.

DOLA Natural Lands and Agricultural Opportunities Report: Local/Regional Focus Group

Local and regional governments will be asked to consider opportunities for preservation and connectivity of high priority lands and landscapes in future strategic growth and comprehensive planning. In order to provide applicable, useful information back to local and regional governments for use in current and long-range planning efforts, we will be doing a round of focus groups.

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