Affordable Housing Investments

The Boulder Broomfield Longmont HOME Consortium needs your input to inform housing and community planning! Take the below survey to share about your experiences with housing, jobs, and community needs in the Boulder area.

The Boulder Broomfield Regional HOME Consortium is currently developing its 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and the 2025 Annual Action Plan and updating its Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice. In the interest of enhancing citizen participation, residents will be encouraged to share their insights and feedback through in person community meetings over the next couple of months.

The Consolidated Plan is a strategic planning document that serves as the framework for a community-wide dialogue to identify priorities that align and focus on HOME Investment Partnership Program
(HOME), HOME Investment Partnership American Rescue Plan Program (HOME ARP) and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The Consolidated Plan is carried out through the Annual Action Plan, which provides a summary of the actions, activities, and resources that will be used in the next year to address priority needs and specific goals identified by the Consolidated Plan.

The Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI) is a process that recipients of federal funding from HUD undertake as part of their obligation to affirmative further fair housing (AFFH) under the Fair Housing Act. The AI examines public and private practices that create barriers or impediments to fair housing choice for members of protected classes under the State and Federal Fair Housing Acts and develops actions to address those impediments or barriers.

Notice is hereby given that the Boulder Broomfield Regional HOME consortium will hold four community meetings. Residents are encouraged to share their feedback and input on housing, neighborhood, and community challenges, outcomes they would like to see prioritized, and fair housing challenges or concerns. Comments will be considered as the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan is developed.

Community meetings will be held:

• City of Boulder - Boulder Public Library, Monday October 21st, 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
• Broomfield - Broomfield Community Center, Wednesday, October 23rd, 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
• Boulder County / Lafayette - Lafayette Public Library, Tuesday, October 29th, 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
• Longmont - Longmont Civic Center, Thursday, November 14th, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.

Notice of Nondiscrimination

The City of Boulder, Department of Housing and Human Services does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation or military status in any of its programs, services or activities.

ADA & Section 504 Non-Discrimination Notice

In accordance with the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Department of Housing and Human Services will not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs or activities. Upon request and providing at least one week’s notice of the meeting, we will provide reasonable accommodations for participants. Requests can be made by contacting Lucy McGehee at lucy@rootpolicy.com.

The four primary fund sources are:

Affordable Housing Fund (AHF)

The Affordable Housing Fund is used to build, rehabilitate or acquire affordable housing. These local funds are often leveraged with other financial resources from the state and federal governments. Sources of the local funds include:

• Commercial linkage fee
• Inclusionary Housing cash-in-lieu contributions
• General fund

Community Housing Assistance Program (CHAP)

The Community Housing Assistance Program Fund was established in 1991 to provide a simple and flexible, locally administered funding source to increase the supply of affordable housing for working households. Source for this fund include:

• Property tax that generates around $3 million per year
• Housing Excise Tax

HOME Program

The HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) provides grants from HUD to states and localities like Boulder. Boulder receives these funds as part of the Boulder Broomfield Regional HOME Consortium with the City of Longmont, the City and County of Broomfield and Boulder County. These funds are used for affordable housing activities, including:

• New construction of affordable housing, including soft costs and predevelopment
• Rehabilitation of rental housing and/or homeowner housing
• Address recent and urgent health and safety needs

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)

Boulder began its participation in the Community Development Block Grant Program as an entitlement community when the program was initiated in 1975. As an entitlement community, Boulder receives funding directly from HUD. Traditionally, Boulder has spent funds primarily on capital projects and public service programs that have directly benefited low- and moderate-income residents, the elderly, severely disabled, and other special populations in the community.

CDBG and HOME funds allocated to Boulder and to the Boulder Broomfield Regional Consortium are awarded based upon the priorities identified in the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan. The Consolidated Plan is carried out through Annual Action Plans, which provide a concise summary of the actions, activities, and specific federal and non-federal resources that will be used each year to address the priority needs and specific goals identified by the Consolidated Plan.

Corina Marin, Grants Administrator

• marinc@bouldercolorado.gov or (303) 441-4134