01Working households
Living closer to jobs, schools, childcare, and everyday support.
A COLORADO HOUSING INITIATIVE
Homes designed
for a more
connected life.
A proposed statewide coalition of housing developers exploring attainable homes, shared places, and stronger neighborhoods across Colorado.
✳ONE COLORADO.
MANY POSSIBLE PLACES.
MANY POSSIBLE PLACES.
Reurbano community conceptIllustration, not a Colorado project
02 / THE CHALLENGE
The housing crisis
is also a community
crisis.
When the people who keep a place running can't afford to live there, the cost is measured in more than dollars: longer commutes, family separation, and less time to care for one another.
73%of surveyed Eagle County employers identified insufficient affordable housing as a recruitment or retention challenge.April 2025 draft Housing Needs Analysis ↗
2,638gross existing housing shortage estimated in the April 2025 draft, before planned housing is deducted
34.7%median housing-cost share for surveyed Hispanic/Latino households, versus 21.9% overall
Eagle River Valley study area; excludes Basalt and the Roaring Fork Valley. Household and employer surveys conducted in 2024, reported in the April 2025 draft analysis. Housing need is not a feasibility finding.
Illustrative Reurbano concept · not a Colorado project03 / THE INSIGHT
A home can be private.
Life doesn't have
to be isolated.
We think about housing as social infrastructure. Paths, shared rooms, gardens and nearby services can help make everyday connection easier without requiring anyone to sacrifice privacy.
01IndependenceA complete home of your own.
02ProximityPeople and places within reach.
03PossibilityShared resources when useful.
04 / THE MODEL
Private homes.
Shared possibilities.
Explore the elements of a community-oriented neighborhood. The specific spaces would be chosen for each site, its residents, and its operating budget.
ILLUSTRATIVE RESIDENTIAL CONCEPT · MEXICO CITY
01 / 04
A home of your own
Every household has a complete, independent home. Participation in shared life is a choice, not a condition of living here.
05 / WHO IT'S FOR
For the people
who make a
place a place.
There is no single 'community housing' household. Different life stages benefit from nearby support in different ways.
0102Families & children
Space to grow, with friends and trusted adults nearby.
03Older neighbors
Smaller, accessible homes with independence and everyday connection.
04Extended families
Room for generations to live nearer without sharing one household.
06 / WHAT WE COULD BUILD
One philosophy.
Many forms.
Illustrative Reurbano concept01 / INFILL & FAMILY HOUSING
Courtyard neighborhoods
Small clusters of complete private homes around shared courtyards, play spaces, and useful common rooms.
Potential fit: Rifle, Gypsum, Montrose, Buena Vista
All typologies are concepts; no Colorado site plan or budget has been approved.07 / ATTAINABILITY
Better housing
has to pencil.
Community is part of the ambition. Real affordability comes from the full equation: land, construction, financing, operations and the cost residents actually carry.
LAND
+DELIVERY
+CAPITAL
+OPERATIONS
→RESIDENT COST
No assumed savings from shared amenities. Each proposal requires site-specific underwriting.
POTENTIAL LEVERS · SELECT ONE
Start with a viable site
Existing utilities, a realistic land basis, predictable approvals and proximity to daily needs frequently matter more than an idealized site plan.
08 / HOW WE DEVELOP
Build the
community
alongside the homes.
We propose involving future residents at the right moments, while keeping design, permitting, finance, construction and operations professionally accountable.
DEVELOPMENT STAGE 01 / 06
First, understand which people and price points the existing housing pipeline still does not serve.
09 / THE COLLABORATORS
Different strengths.
A shared purpose.
Colorado Housing Commons is an initiative in formation. Explore the relevant experience of each organization, and the possible roles they could play. The coalition is proposed, not an established legal consortium or nonprofit.
PLACEMAKING & COMMUNITY-ORIENTED DESIGN
Reurbano
Adaptive reuse, mixed use, resident experience and community formation.
Explore Reurbano's work ↗
COLORADO DEVELOPMENT & OPERATIONS
Situs
Local execution, housing partnerships, long-term ownership and property operations.
View three project case studies ↗
POTENTIAL FINANCING COLLABORATOR
Ownify
A possible alternative pathway to ownership for eligible households; exploratory only.
Explore the financing hypothesis ↗Reurbano and Situs are discussing a collaboration; Ownify is a prospective financing collaborator. No CHC site, partner funding, joint venture, or financing product has been committed. Situs project imagery is used with permission. These examples are not CHC projects.
10 / WHERE WE SEE POSSIBILITY
One Colorado.
Many ways forward.
We are investigating markets where the housing need, a viable site, local demand, and a credible execution path might intersect. Select a town to explore the initial thesis.
Initial market screenTargeted follow-up
Schematic state map. Markers indicate towns, not available parcels. No site control, local sponsorship, or development authorization is implied.
11 / FROM VISION TO DELIVERY
The first project
must be real.
Not every place with a housing shortage is a viable opportunity. We would advance projects through three potential routes, and the same rigorous screen.
Developer-led
Start with a local developer, a credible site and product-market fit. Add the community housing model where it strengthens the proposition.
Potential example: Grand JunctionTown-led
Work with a municipality or housing partner on a defined need, site and contribution, without relying on vague promises of subsidy.
Potential example: Gypsum or RifleAcquisition-led
Find an existing building or neighborhood at the right basis. Test practical improvements to homes, common spaces and long-term operations.
Potential example: Front Range small multifamily12 / AN OPEN INVITATION
What could we
build together?
We're looking for development partners, local institutions, landowners and patient capital interested in creating housing that makes communities stronger.
COLORADO HOUSING COMMONSHomes designed for a more connected life.