Events
Past and upcoming events of the BCRHP.
Together Colorado & ECHO Host a Community Conversation
Monday, February 8, 2021 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM MT
Join our partners Together Colorado and the East County Housing Opportunity Coalition (ECHO) for a four-part training series on affordable housing in Boulder County. The series explores housing policies and their roots in segregation, how those policies influenced growth and development in Boulder County, what must be done to change our growth patterns to be more inclusive, and ways to organize around this issue.
The Regional Housing Partnership will be presenting on February 8th–see you there!
Home Together Award Ceremony
We’ve so enjoyed seeing the beautiful artwork and words everyone shared! We are inviting you to attend the Home Together Award Ceremony and find out who the winners of the Home Together community creativity contest are on Facebook
Home Team Bootcamp | August 11-12, 2020
Want to be part of our plan to triple the number of affordable homes in Boulder County in just 15 years? When you RSVP for this affordable housing “Bootcamp,” you get a FREE All-Access Pass to the Innovations in Naturally Affordable Housing virtual summit, August 11-12. Together we’ll learn practical tools, and creative solutions for building a more affordable community.
After you register, you’ll also be invited to a virtual pre-summit orientation on August 5 to learn more about Home Wanted, the Home Team, and local affordable housing innovations. We encourage you to Join the Home Team if you haven’t already. You’re the kind of community champion we need!
Please contact us with questions,
The Home Wanted team
talktous@homewanted.org
Fair Housing Film and Conversation
May 21, 2018
To recognize and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Fair Housing Act, the Boulder County Regional Housing Partnership hosted a film screening and panel discussion on May 21, 2018. The event featured the short film “Seven Days” chronicling the week following the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The film was followed by a moderated conversation with a panel of local and regional participants who shared their perspectives from the Civil Rights Era, how the Fair Housing Act plays out in our community today and current challenges facing our Front Range communities.
Fair Housing Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Fair Housing Act – Film and Conversation
2018 Planner Symposium: Making It Happen: A Housing and Financing Perspective
August 28, 2018
On August 28, we hosted our first workshop for county-wide city and town planners. Affordable Housing: Making it Happen was an informative and enjoyable morning at Boulder County’s beautiful Kestrel community in Louisville. With more than nine speakers and 23 guests, discussion focused on definitions of affordable housing, the Fair Housing Act, codes and regulations, the development process, and financing. Thanks to all who joined us!
2017 Housing Summit
September 29, 2017
The Partnership hosted an affordable housing summit that brought together nearly 75 city councilors and town board members and their planning staff from across Boulder County as well as Boulder County Commissioners to discuss the Regional Housing Strategy and consider ways to use its recommended tools collaboratively to increase housing affordability for our community.
News
The latest affordable housing news from around the country
Chamber eyes collaborative approach to growing needs
Published April 22, 2019
A talent shortage, a lack of affordable housing, and ever growing traffic snarls … And their situations mirror the realities in Boulder and Boulder County.
Frustrated Colorado renters seek more control from state, but would proposed regulations bring down housing prices?
Published April 15, 2019
Escalating housing costs have left more renters in the state desperate for relief, to the point that some are ready to resort to one the most controversial options available — rent control.
Boulder County Regional Housing Partnership won’t seek countywide tax on 2019 ballot
Published April 14, 2019
Based on several city councils’ and town boards’ discussions of the possible ballot question, the Boulder County Regional Housing Partnership has decided not to request that the Board of County Commissioners put it on the 2019 ballot, according to Jim Williams, a spokesman for the partnership.
Partnership Takes On Affordable Housing
Published April 1, 2019
The Boulder County Regional Housing Partnership set an ambitious goal to address the affordable housing crisis in the community: Make 12 percent of all housing inventory permanently affordable to low and middle-income earners by 2035.
Boulder council ups city’s affordable housing goal to 15 percent by 2035
Published April 3, 2019
Boulder City Council on Tuesday increased the city’s affordable housing goal from 10 percent to 15 percent, with a target date of 2035.
Boulder City Council to consider increasing affordable housing goal
Published April 1, 2019
Boulder City Council on Tuesday will consider increasing the city’s affordable housing goal amid regional movement on the issue.
Longmont City Council to consider countywide affordable-housing tax proposal
Published March 29, 2019
Longmont City Council members will discuss Tuesday whether they would support asking Boulder County voters’ approval of a countywide ballot measure to increase taxes to help fund affordable-housing programs.
Whitefish Pilot reports that Montana has chance to make homes affordable
Published November 6, 2018
The Montana Housing Coalition represents a diverse group of local housing authorities, for-profit and not-for-profit housing developers, cities, contractors, lenders, statewide organizations and concerned individuals who recognize the importance of homes people can afford.
Solving the Home Affordability Crisis: A Guide for Policy Makers & Local Governments
Published November 5, 2018
This handbook offers advice on how to get started in confronting the challenge of home affordability and shares best practices from leaders throughout the country who have implemented successful policies and initiatives.
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Housing Costs, Health Care, and Education are top concerns for Colorado voters, finds Kaiser Family Foundation and Colorado Health Foundation report
Published October, 2018
The Kaiser Family Foundation and Colorado Health Foundation collaborated to conduct a survey of Coloradans examining a wide range of issues leading into the 2018 midterm elections, with special attention to health care and housing.