Boulder, Colorado: Infill Workforce Housing

Boulder, Colorado: Infill Workforce Housing

HUD USER publishes a series of case studies based on federal, state, and local strategies that increase affordable housing opportunities and support sustainable community development. The projects and community development efforts featured in these reports have demonstrated innovation through a multitude of partnerships and initiatives.

The most recent Case Study details Yarmouth Way, a 25-unit, mixed-income, homeownership development in Boulder, Colorado. Built on a 1.8-acre infill site, the project features a variety of housing types, including duplexes and single-family attached and detached units that are priced at levels affordable to the city's workforce, including low- and moderate-income households. Through a creative use of the city's inclusionary housing ordinance, the development team was able to double the amount of affordable units built with the project. The ratio of market rate to affordable units enabled a financially viable project with minimal public subsidy.

Visit HUD USER's Case Studies page to learn more about affordable homeownership and to view other promising examples of how communities across the nation are raising the bar on sustainable community development.