What is the Regional Housing Strategy?
The DRCOG Regional Housing Strategy builds upon the findings of the Regional Housing Needs Assessment to develop a coordinated, data-driven approach to addressing shared housing challenges across the Denver region. It focuses on aligning local policies, community needs and regional goals around housing affordability and connectivity.
The goal is to identify where regional collaboration can lead to meaningful action and to learn from each community about local initiatives making a difference. By engaging with government agencies, housing providers, advocates and funding institutions, the strategy will:
- Highlight shared priorities.
- Identify cross-jurisdictional opportunities.
- Support actionable strategies that reflect both local needs and regional goals.
Why this matters
Community
Housing plays a vital role in the lives of young adults, families and older adults. Homes and communities shape our lives every day.
Affordability
Whether it’s an affordable apartment, a place to start a family or a smaller home for aging in place, more people are finding it difficult to find housing to meet their needs.
Diversity
Communities across our region are unique, but they share common housing challenges. From affordable apartments to family homes and options for aging in place, our communities need more housing overall and a broader range of choices.
Quality of life
Housing is at the center of many important issues — from improving health, being more climate resilient and creating more equitable communities to reducing traffic, building livable places and supporting economic vitality.
The Regional Housing Strategy process
Phase 1: Getting Started
Build key partnerships, gather community insights and refine regional priorities to lay the foundation for the strategy.
Phase 2: Shaping the Strategy
Refine goals, identify best practices and shape strategic initiatives.
Phase 3: Aligning for Action
Validate priorities, align resources and build momentum for action.
Steering Committee
Elected officials and leaders from across the DRCOG region are providing strategic direction to ensure the Regional Housing Strategy reflects and responds to local needs and priorities models regional collaboration and action. The group’s members will also serve as liaisons to other decision makers, including the DRCOG Board of Directors.
Advisory Group
The advisory group brings together key partners with a range of perspectives and technical expertise to help guide the work and address the region’s shared housing challenges. The advisory group meets over the course of the process to provide feedback and input on the Regional Housing Strategy’s development and how to put the final plan into action.
Working together
- Every community in our region is different, but we’re all facing similar housing challenges. It’s more challenging than ever to create the homes we need to meet the diverse housing needs in our communities, including homes of different sizes, at different price points, in the places where people can easily get to where they need to go.
- Change is inevitable. Let’s deliberately shape the changes in the region to create a better future for everyone.
- There is much to learn from one another. Local initiatives have helped preserve communities offer valuable insights and collaboration among planners, builders, residents and finance experts can strengthen problem-solving efforts.
- Working together can make a difference. Regional progress is possible when communities collaborate to find solutions for shared challenges.
Get involved!
We are in this together.
Whether you are a policymaker, a planner, a builder, a service provider or a passionate community partner, we each have roles to play in creating a shared vision, developing workable solutions and implementing the change we want to see.
Explore the Regional Housing Strategy resources
Why housing matters resources
Regional Housing Strategy foundational resources