ARP AFFORDABLE HOUSING
TASK FORCE
CCI congratulates Summit County Commissioner Tamara Pogue for her appointment to the American Rescue Plan Affordable Housing Transformational Task Force. This task force is charged with developing recommendations on how best to use the $550 million allocated through HB21-1329.
White Paper on Local Government Priorities
for ARPA Funding
Locally elected leaders are acutely aware that housing challenges remain a top issue affecting every community across Colorado. The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbated what was a growing problem due to a combination of factors--including sky-rocketing population, labor and commodity scarcity, a booming short-term rental and second-homeowner market, and years of under-building--for which there is no easy or single solution.
Colorado's strategies addressing our housing crisis must be thoughtful and locally tailored to ensure ARPA funds address immediate impacts of the pandemic, but do wo with a view to how these investments can lay a foundation for broader systemic impact on this challenging issue.
CCI’s ARPA Housing Task Force Listening Session – Recording, Takeaways, Next Steps:
Last Friday, August 6th, CCI hosted a listening session with Summit County Commissioner Pogue to discuss local housing priorities and challenges. This session was organized to help inform Commissioner Pogue’s participation in the ARPA Housing Task Force responsible for making recommendations on how best to use the $550 million allocated through HB21-1329.
If you weren’t able to make the session, you can find the recording here. Additionally, if you weren’t able to participate and have ideas (not listed below) on how to spend these dollars, please reach out to Daphne Gervais.
Here are some of the priorities and challenges we heard from various counties:
- Workforce housing development
- Flexible funding with an emphasis on AMI restrictions
- Infrastructure – water, sewer, road development/horizontal development costs
- Behavioral health resources, including homelessness prevention resources, support for human services, child welfare, and workforce development
- Support for regional project coordination, public/private partnerships, non-profit developer support
- Capacity building, operations support, administrative support
- Land acquisition/banking
- Expanding modular development
- Rental assistance
The Task Force kicks off its work next Thursday, August 19th. CCI will continue to host listening sessions as recommendations are being developed by the Task Force. Stay tuned for our next meeting date!
