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The Department of Local Affairs, in partnership with the Colorado Municipal League, Colorado Counties, Inc., and the American Planning Association Colorado Chapter, just launched the Colorado Land Use Survey to better understand the planning practices of Colorado local governments. This is at least the eighth land use survey DOLA has administered since the survey first launched in 1976. DOLA issues this survey approximately every 5 years to assess the planning needs and trends across our state. 

Draft versions of the Housing Action Plan Guide and the Affordability and Displacement Mitigation Strategies Directory are now available on DOLA’s Housing Planning webpage and on the Tools, Guidance, and

The second round of the Housing Planning Grant (HPLN) Program opens Monday, June 9, and closes Friday, July 11, 2025. Awards for HPLN Round 1 were announced on May 9, 2025, and can be found on the HPLN website.

The Division of Local Government’s Community Development Office just launched a new Land Use and Housing Implementation Portal to allow local governments to submit all required information electronically for the 2024 Land Use and Housing Legislation implementation.

The Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA), through the Division of Local Government (DLG), announced awardees for the first funding cycle of the Housing Planning Grant Program.

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:

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 the 2024 land use and housing legislation, fulfilling a critical need expressed by several different interest groups.

Please join us on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 from 12-1 p.m. for a webinar highlighting the findings from DOLA's new resource "Best Practices in Parking Management Strategies for Colorado Communities," which details various strategies to manage parking demand and supply, including several case studies from Colorado and around the country.

DOLA has posted slides and recordings of webinars for two separate walk-throughs of tools designed to assist jurisdictions subject to HB24-1313 (Transit Oriented Communities).