Study finds 70% of Colorado land zoned for housing prohibits affordable housing options
By Brian Eason | Colorado Sun
In the first comprehensive review of Colorado land use laws, the National Zoning Atlas found that you can build single-family homes almost anywhere. But apartments, condos and townhomes are widely prohibited.
You can build a house almost anywhere in Colorado.
You just can’t build one that most people can afford.
That’s the stark takeaway from a landmark zoning report released last month by the National Zoning Atlas, a group of researchers who have spent the last two years conducting a first-of-its-kind study of land use codes across 334 Colorado cities, towns and unincorporated areas.
The group found that on the vast majority of land, in the vast majority of Colorado communities, it’s not just difficult to build housing the average hou...
