A statewide housing fight plays out in one growing Colorado city

FORT COLLINS — As far as Mellisa Rasor people feels the same way about her.

, both of which listed zoning reforms as a strategy for the city to provide housing for current and future residents.

Townhomes are seen in the Bucking Horse-Side Hill neighborhood on the northeast side of Fort Collins on Aug. 22, 2023. But supporters of reform counter that there aren’t enough resources available to fund sufficient income-restricted affordable housing and that continuing urban sprawl isn’t efficient or environmentally conscious. Without more density, officials said, developers won’t stand up buildings with a prescribed number of affordable units. City staff estimate that if all of Fort Collins’ residential areas are developed, it will still be short thousands of units for its future needs.

“The choice is not between growth and no growth,” he said. “It is between more traffic, longer drives, and sprawling neighborhoods that bleed into our rural communities and place tremendous pressure on our agricultural land and natural resources, or strategic growth that saves money, supports our economy, uplifts people, and protects our environment.”

Ohlson said the city and state should stop incentivizing businesses to move here. The focus should be on supporting current residents, he told the Post, not ensuring there’s housing for the future. He likened continued growth to a Ponzi scheme.

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