SB 174

State Land Use Enacted Legislation

Bill #	State	Year	Party	Topic
SB 174	CO	2024	D	Declare HOA rules void, Encouraging duplex, triplex, fourplexes and townhomes, Homeowner association rules, Planning Requirements, Technical assistance

Provided by Furman

Summary

Requires the Executive Director of the Department of Local Affairs, no later than December 31, 2024, to develop reasonable methodologies for conducting statewide, regional, and local housing needs assessments and reasonable guidance for a local government to identify areas at elevated risk of displacement.
Requires the director, no later than November 30, 2027, and every 6 years thereafter, to conduct a statewide housing needs assessment that analyzes existing and future statewide housing needs and to publish a report, based on the statewide housing needs assessment and regional and local housing needs assessments accepted by the department, identifying current housing stock and estimating statewide housing needs.
Requires each local government, beginning December 31, 2026, to conduct and publish a local housing needs assessment. A housing action plan is an advisory document that demonstrates a local government’s commitment to address housing needs and that guides a local government in developing legislative actions, promoting regional coordination, and informing the public of the local government’s efforts to address housing needs in the local government’s jurisdiction.
Requires a local government with a population of either 5,000 or more or 1,000 or more if the local government either participated in a regional housing needs assessment or is a rural resort community to make a housing action plan no later than January 1, 2028, and every 6 years thereafter.
Modifies the requirements of both county and municipal master plans so that those master plans must include: a narrative description of the procedure used for the development and adoption of the master plan; no later than December 31, 2026, a water supply element; and no later than December 31, 2026, a strategic growth element.
Prohibits a unit owners’ association of a common interest community from, through any declaration or bylaw, rules, or regulation adopted or amended by an association on or after July 1, 2024, prohibiting or restricting the construction of accessory dwelling units or middle housing if the zoning laws of the association’s local jurisdiction would otherwise allow such construction.

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