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Innovative Affordable Housing Strategies

Thank you for your interest. The 1271 program is now closed as of June 30th, 2025. Please reach out to the staff below if you have any questions about the program or other similar funding sources. 

DOLA's Innovative Affordable Housing Strategies programs offered grant money, technical assistance, and other forms of state assistance to local governments to promote innovative solutions to the development of affordable housing across the state.

Qualifying Strategies and Examples

The Colorado Department of Local Affairs competitively procured Root Policy Research, Plan Tools LLC, and SE Group to, among other items, create and revise guidance documents for qualifying strategies listed in House Bill 21-1271. The guidance below is intended to support local governments searching for initial or additional thinking to help them achieve their local land use goals related to affordable housing development.

Contact Information

Initial Interest

For direct inquiries regarding initial program interest, contact your Regional Manager

Program Contacts

Mitch Hendrick
Program Manager
mitch.hendrick@state.co.us
Phone: 303-548-9364

Nicola Donaven
Program Assistant
nicola.donaven@state.co.us
Phone: 720-955-9692

This form should be used to report problems or issues with this website. Questions pertaining to a program or service provided by DLG should be addressed to contact information located on the specific program pages.

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