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Why Downtown Micro-Units Meet Our Housing Needs
This article covers: And at the end, there are links on How to Express Your Support for the project. 1. Parking lot to Micro-units How
August 29, 2024
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Middle-Income For-Sale Housing Inches Forward at 28th and Jay
The many new developments going up around town recently have consisted almost entirely of luxury for sale townhomes, or apartments. Developers pay cash into an affordable
August 23, 2024
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New Homes for the Unhoused in Boulder
Located at 30th Street and Mapleton Avenue next to transit-oriented Boulder Junction, Bluebird is the latest addition to the city’s permanent supportive housing (PSH) for chronically
August 23, 2024
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Will Boulder Finally End Overparking in New Developments?
In 2005, The High Cost of Free Parking by UCLA urban planning professor Donald Shoup was a watershed moment for cities grappling with skyrocketing housing
August 18, 2024
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On the Path to the 15-Minute City: Good for the Climate, Good for People
After a summer of record-breaking heat, poor air quality and wildfires both near and far away, Boulder residents may be wondering if this is a
August 18, 2024
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Do You Know Your Neighbors? Vacant Second Homes in Boulder
By Jill Adler Grano This article is a shortened and revised excerpt from Jill Grano’s extended research into changing patterns of home ownership in Boulder.
July 3, 2024
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Three years of Projects Supported by BHN and its Readers
Projects approved, under construction or advancing with support of BHN subscribers from 2021 to 2024 This article highlights eleven projects that gained approval because BHN
May 8, 2024
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Petitions Seek Affordable and Workforce Housing at the Boulder Airport
BHN editors recently were asked to share two ballot petitions that, combined, seek to present Boulder voters with a choice to decommission the Boulder Municipal
April 30, 2024
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610 units of housing will be considered by Planning Board at Williams Village II on Jan. 16, 2024
By BHN Editor Macon Cowles In this mixed use redevelopment of an aging strip mall on Baseline, a developer is proposing to add commercial space
January 14, 2024
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Inclusionary Housing Program Changes
Planning Board & Housing Advisory Board (HAB) to consider changes to affordable housing at their meetings September 26 and 27, 2023. In 2022, City Council
September 21, 2023
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Recent housing wins: Occupancy limits and ADUs
In August, Councilmembers voted 6-3 to increase occupancy limits to five unrelated people citywide (some previously subdivided homes in central neighborhoods are exempt). While effects
September 20, 2023
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Occupancy Reform Will Receive a Council Vote August 17, 2023
The City of Boulder can increase housing security and provide legal homes for more people by reforming the Boulder occupancy limit in BRC 9–8–5(a) through
August 11, 2023
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