Tiny Home Regulation Development Underway
The Division of Housing’s Building Codes & Standards Section (BCS) has been working to implement HB22-1242, which went into effect on August 10, 2022. This bill primaraily establishes the regulation of “tiny homes” manufactured for use in Colorado to begin on July 1, 2023.
- The bill requires three new members be appointed to the 12-member Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) charged with recommending construction and installation codes to be adopted by the State Housing Board. Two of the members are from the tiny home industry and one from energy conservation. The two positions from the tiny home industry have been filled. DOH is still working to fill the energy conservation position.
- The TAC held its first meeting on November 1 to begin the process of recommending construction and installation codes/standards for consideration by the State Housing Board in the form of proposed rules at a rulemaking hearing scheduled for May 9, 2023. The TAC met for a second time on November 15 and will meet 10 more times through the end of March in order to finalize its proposed rules to be considered by the Board along with written and verbal testimony from the public in response to the proposed rules.
Keep a lookout: BCS will be posting an Administrative IV position to help implement HB22-1242 and to oversee the regulation of tiny homes. BCS will also eventually fill positions for an Engineer, Inspector, and Program Assistant as a result of this bill.
