The Planning Grant Program provides grants to local governments to help them understand their housing needs and adopt policy and regulatory strategies to qualify for the Affordable Housing Development Incentives Grant Program.
The Planning Grant Program funded housing needs assessments to help local governments guide their policy and regulatory approach to reducing barriers to affordable housing development, but the application for funding had to include work to adopt a qualifying strategy (from the options listed in the bill).
The Planning Grant Program is no longer accepting new applications. All funds have been awarded to 65 grantee communities and work is currently underway through 2025.
Model Land Use Code (MLUC) Update
As part of the Planning Grant Program, the Community Development Office will update and publish model land use codes for municipalities and counties. For more information on the MLUC update process, see the Community Development Office’s Land Use Codes webpage.
Estimated Project Timeline
- Preliminary MLUC concept identification and comment period (Spring 2023)
- MLUC refinement and detailed comment period (Spring 2023)
- MLUC draft finalization (Spring - Summer 2023)
- Refine draft MLUC with Subject Matter Experts at “Code Camp” (Summer 2023)
- MLUC Workshop and subsequent refinement at Colorado APA (September 2023)
- MLUC refinement and finalization (Fall 2023 - early 2024)
- MLUC Educational Outreach Series (Spring 2024)
Funding Decisions
Annual Reports
- Planning Grant Program Annual Report Fiscal Year 2022-2023
- Planning Grant Program Annual Report Fiscal Year 2021-2022
Resources
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