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Fort Lupton

City directs affordable-housing commitment filing

·Fort Lupton·Weld County

From the Fort Lupton City Council meeting of

The council directed the Planning Department to file Fort Lupton’s Local Government Affordable Housing Commitment, required for local affordable-housing projects to qualify for Proposition 123 funding. The commitment would establish cost limits and record the city’s current baseline, while calling for at least 3% growth in affordable units each year for three years, or 9% by the end of 2029. The updated calculation sets a 90-unit target, based on 200 average new residential permits a year, multiplied by 15% and three years. The next cycle excludes Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing units and requires formal affordability restrictions, though incentives could count a unit as 1.1 to 1.2 units, so the city might not need 90 total units. The filing deadline is November 1, 2026; missing the target would make the city ineligible for Year 7 funding in 2030, but it could make a new two-year commitment in Year 5 (2031).

Adopted with the consent agenda (carried).

More from this meeting

  1. Fort Lupton City Council, Oct. 20, 2026

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  2. Item 8.aFort Lupton approves up to $291,985 for water tower work

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  3. Item 8.bFort Lupton advances pause on 5-megawatt-plus data-center applications

    The measure still needs a second reading. If adopted, it would take effect immediately and last up to a year, or until code amendments or further council action.