republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1271.md

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Bill	Department Of Local Affairs Innovative Affordable Housing Strategies	The act creates 3 different programs in the department of local affairs (DOLA) for the purpose of offering grant money and other forms of state assistance to local governments to promote innovative solutions to the development of affordable housing across the state.Local government affordable housing development incentives grant program (housing development incentives grant program). This program will provide grants to local governments that adopt not less than 3 policy and regulatory tools from among a menu of options that create incentives to promote the development of affordable housing. A local government that adopts such tools is eligible for a grant from the housing development incentives grant program as an incentive to develop one or more affordable housing developments in their community that are liveable, vibrant, and driven by community benefits. The division of local government (DLG) within DOLA administers the housing development incentives grant program.The act enumerates items included in the menu of policy and regulatory tools.Local government planning grant program. This program will provide grants to local governments that lack one or more of the policy and regulatory tools that provide incentives to promote the development of affordable housing that forms the basis for a grant under the housing development incentives grant program and that could benefit from additional funding to be able to create and make use of these policy and regulatory tools. Money under the planning grant program will be available to a local government to enable the government to retain a consultant or a related professional service to assess the housing needs of its community or to make changes to its policies, programs, development review processes, land use codes, and related rules to become an eligible recipient of a grant under the housing development incentives grant program. The planning grant program will be administered by the DLG. As part of its administration of the planning grant program, the DLG will provide assistance to local governments on best land use practices and tools and is required to update and publish model county and municipal land use codes for the benefit of local governments across the state.The affordable housing guided toolkit and local officials guide program (housing toolkit program). This program creates the housing toolkit program within the division of housing (DOH) within DOLA. The purpose of the housing toolkit program is to award funding to qualified counties, and municipalities, and federally recognized tribes within the state selected in a competitive process who commit to the adoption of best land use practices with demonstrated success in the development of affordable housing. Under the housing toolkit program, technical assistance will be provided by consultants and related professionals to local governments who demonstrate an understanding of the housing needs of their communities, take steps to engage their entire communities in this process, make changes to their land use codes and related processes that provide incentives and reduce barriers to the development of affordable housing, obtain and support viable sites in their communities for the development of affordable housing, and attract developers committed to making such investments in their communities. The DOH is to administer the housing toolkit program.In evaluating applications for grants from the housing development incentives grant program, the act requires the DLG to prioritize proposals submitted by local governments based on factors specified in the act.On or before September 1, 2021, the act requires the executive director of DOLA or the executive director's designee to adopt policies, procedures, and guidelines for the 3 different state assistance programs that include, without limitation:Procedures and timelines by which an eligible recipient may apply for a grant;	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	HB 21-1271	Colorado HB 21-1271 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Iman Jodeh Julie Gonzales Julie McCluskie	12	15	4	2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00	2021-06-27T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e140e2f8-eb6c-47b9-b535-7597e0bcd7eb	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1271	e93e6d0843340db264216ba6cc9d4e7437e3690b1cdcecf0ee717432240f507a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 21-1271 (2021A) — Department Of Local Affairs Innovative Affordable Housing Strategies

The act creates 3 different programs in the department of local affairs (DOLA) for the purpose of offering grant money and other forms of state assistance to local governments to promote innovative solutions to the development of affordable housing across the state.Local government affordable housing development incentives grant program (housing development incentives grant program). This program will provide grants to local governments that adopt not less than 3 policy and regulatory tools from among a menu of options that create incentives to promote the development of affordable housing. A local government that adopts such tools is eligible for a grant from the housing development incentives grant program as an incentive to develop one or more affordable housing developments in their community that are liveable, vibrant, and driven by community benefits. The division of local government (DLG) within DOLA administers the housing development incentives grant program.The act enumerates items included in the menu of policy and regulatory tools.Local government planning grant program. This program will provide grants to local governments that lack one or more of the policy and regulatory tools that provide incentives to promote the development of affordable housing that forms the basis for a grant under the housing development incentives grant program and that could benefit from additional funding to be able to create and make use of these policy and regulatory tools. Money under the planning grant program will be available to a local government to enable the government to retain a consultant or a related professional service to assess the housing needs of its community or to make changes to its policies, programs, development review processes, land use codes, and related rules to become an eligible recipient of a grant under the housing development incentives grant program. The planning grant program will be administered by the DLG. As part of its administration of the planning grant program, the DLG will provide assistance to local governments on best land use practices and tools and is required to update and publish model county and municipal land use codes for the benefit of local governments across the state.The affordable housing guided toolkit and local officials guide program (housing toolkit program). This program creates the housing toolkit program within the division of housing (DOH) within DOLA. The purpose of the housing toolkit program is to award funding to qualified counties, and municipalities, and federally recognized tribes within the state selected in a competitive process who commit to the adoption of best land use practices with demonstrated success in the development of affordable housing. Under the housing toolkit program, technical assistance will be provided by consultants and related professionals to local governments who demonstrate an understanding of the housing needs of their communities, take steps to engage their entire communities in this process, make changes to their land use codes and related processes that provide incentives and reduce barriers to the development of affordable housing, obtain and support viable sites in their communities for the development of affordable housing, and attract developers committed to making such investments in their communities. The DOH is to administer the housing toolkit program.In evaluating applications for grants from the housing development incentives grant program, the act requires the DLG to prioritize proposals submitted by local governments based on factors specified in the act.On or before September 1, 2021, the act requires the executive director of DOLA or the executive director's designee to adopt policies, procedures, and guidelines for the 3 different state assistance programs that include, without limitation:Procedures and timelines by which an eligible recipient may apply for a grant;

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (05/04/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/12/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/29/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (05/04/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (05/12/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. PA4 (06/03/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Reengrossed (05/05/2021) (committee substitute) — source
10. Rerevised (06/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source
11. Revised (06/04/2021) (committee substitute) — source
12. Signed Act (06/27/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• REPASS — 41–24 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 41–22 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 21–14 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR — 41–24 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Iman Jodeh — primary (person)
• Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
• Julie McCluskie — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2021-06-27T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government introduction
• 2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e140e2f8-eb6c-47b9-b535-7597e0bcd7eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).