Housing Needs Assessments
The Colorado Division of Housing and its partners have developed a needs assessment template and revised guidelines for
seeking needs assessment funding:
The Colorado Division of Housing funds housing needs assessments for Colorado communities. Needs assessments can be performed at the regional, county, and municipal levels. These assessments assist the Colorado State Housing Board, housing developers, non-profit agencies, and other organizations involved in housing production to better understand the market-rate and affordable housing needs in each community.
The Colorado Blue Ribbon Panel on Housing has concluded that housing needs assessments are essential in understanding housing markets and housing needs in Colorado. The panel has recommended that regional needs assessments be performed in each region* of the state. The Division of Housing wishes to provide financial and technical assistance to communities interested in performing and updating needs assessments.
* What defines a “region” may vary depending on the community. Contact us for more information.
For more information, please contact the needs assessment program manager at (303) 866-2046.
Map of Completed Needs Assessments
Recent Needs Assessments (All documents in PDF)
- Colorado Blue Ribbon Panel on Housing
- Adams County, 2009
- Arapahoe County, 2009 (also includes Douglas County)
- Archuleta County Needs Assessment, 2007
- Bent County, 2008
- Chaffee County, 2007
- Dolores County, 2006
- Douglas County , 2009 (see also Arapahoe County, above)
- Eagle County Needs Assessment, 2007
- Estes Valley Housing Needs Assessment, 2008
Study Overview
- Grand County, 2007/ Appendices
- Grand Junction/Mesa County Marketing Study, 2007
- Jefferson County Needs Assessment, 2003
- La Plata County Needs Assessment, 2007
- Montrose County , 2009
- Morgan and Logan Counties Needs Assessment, 2007
- Pitkin County
- Summit County 2007 Housing Demand Study, completed 2008
- Teller County Needs Assessment, 2006
Teller County Strategic Plan, 2006
- Upper Arkansas Area (Lake, Fremont and Custer Counties) 2008
- Town of Avon, 2006
- Denver Housing Market Analysis, 2006
- Summit County, Nexus/Proportionality Analysis for Employee Housing Mitigation Programs, 2006
- An Analysis of the Rental Housing Market in the Ft. Collins-Loveland, CO Metro Area
(This link will redirect you to the CHFA website)
- Garfield County, 2006
- Huerfano and Las Animas Counties, 2005
- Summit County, 2005
- Tri-County (Otero, Crowley, and Bent counties), 2005
- Arvada , 2004
- City of Aurora, 2004
- City of Loveland, 2004
- Delta County , 2003
- City of Durango, 2003
- Lincoln County , 2002