The Department of Local Affairs, in partnership with the Colorado Municipal League, Colorado Counties, Inc., and the American Planning Association Colorado Chapter, launched the Colorado Land Use Survey to better understand the planning practices of Colorado local governments.
Senate Bill 24-174 requires DOLA to create two statewide reports: the Strategic Growth Report (due October 30, 2025) and the Natural Land and Agricultural Opportunities Report (due December 31, 2025). Thank you to everyone who has contributed feedback so far to help shape these important documents.
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 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.
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.
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: