LONGMONT

Longmont City Profile

The City of Longmont in October 2017 passed a resolution to adopt the Boulder County Regional Housing Strategy in support of affordable housing, signing on to the goal of reaching 12% affordable housing by 2035.

Read the resolution at https://homewanted.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/resolution-longmont.pdf

Longmont is actively working to establish accessible and inclusionary housing. Some initiatives are highlighted below.

Longmont City Council

The Longmont City Council includes three ward representatives, three at-large representatives, and the mayor. Its homepage is https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/city-council.

Meetings

The Longmont City Council meets every Tuesday at 7:00pm in the Council Chambers, located in the Civic Center at 350 Kimbark St., Longmont. The council also holds a monthly "Coffee with Council" session at 9:00am on the last Saturday of the month, with at least two council members attending.

Find general meeting information and how to participate at https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/city-council/city-council-meetings
Options for taking part via livestream are posted at https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/city-council/city-council-meetings
The public meeting portal provides dates and documents for current, upcoming, and archived meetings at https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/agendas-and-minutes/agenda-management-portal
View recordings of past meetings at https://www.youtube.com/user/cityoflongmont

Contacts

Find an online form and email addresses for contacting individual members at https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/city-council/city-council-members

Department of Housing and Community Investment

Find information at https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/departments-e-m/housing-and-community-investment

Planning and Development Services Department

The department manages Longmont's Inclusionary Housing Program, providing information to help builders and developers meet the city’s targets. and Affordable Housing Program.

Planning and Development Services homepage: https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/departments-n-z/planning-and-development-services
Inclusionary Housing Program page: https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/departments-e-m/housing-and-community-investment/housing-program-assistance/assistance-for-builders-developers/inclusionary-housing
Affordable Housing Program requirements and incentives for developers: https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/departments-e-m/housing-and-community-investment/housing-programs/affordable-housing-incentives

Planning & Zoning Commission

Meetings are held in-person in City Council Chambers, 350 Kimbark St.

Find meeting information at https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/departments-n-z/planning-and-development-services/plans-and-reports-/active-development-log-and-map/what-s-happening-in-development
View live meetings remotely on the City of Longmont's YouTube page or on the Longmont Public Media site, https://longmontpublicmedia.org/watch/
Public meeting portal: https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/agendas-and-minutes/agenda-management-portal
Meeting packets are typically posted a week before the meeting at https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/departments-n-z/planning-and-development-services/plans-and-reports-/active-development-log-and-map/what-s-happening-in-development

City Council Candidates’ Views on Affordable Housing

Results of ECHO’s Survey of Longmont City Council Candidates, 2022 Special Election
Candidate Responses to ECHO’s Affordable Housing Questionnaire: Read the Full Report – September 2021 (PDF). Also includes responses from candidates in Lafayette and Louisville.

Longmont Affordable Housing Community Meeting: Recorded Program

Community meeting hosted by ECHO at The Times Collaborative in Longmont, March 29, 2023, with Molly O'Donnell, Director of Housing for the City of Longmont, and Harold Dominguez, the City Manager.

View the recorded program on Zoom. Passcode = !y5r!&q*

View the slides on Google Docs.

Live at The Times Collaborative, Longmont, Colorado

What’s Next in Longmont?

To be effective in countering the voices of people who don’t want their Longmont neighborhoods to change to allow for denser, more sustainable, and more affordable development, we need to educate ourselves, organize ourselves, and show up.

Please complete this survey to tell us at ECHO what topics matter the most to Longmont residents: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KfA8KSlAGUYjyn_7yTmxKFCKgKVqMufgWyvaRstb1Dc/edit

Get Your Voice Heard!

City staff shared these recommendations for showing your support for attainable and affordable housing.

Speak up at any Longmont City Council meeting during the segment, Public Invited to be Heard. Information on Council meetings is posted here: https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/city-council/city-council-meetings.
Attend a once-a-month Coffee with Council session. The schedule is available at https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/city-council/coffee-with-council.
Speak specifically in support of attainable housing fee waivers at council meetings.
Pay attention to the results of the upcoming Housing Needs Study, which will be released in the summer of 2023. Use the information in the study to develop local support for more action.
Support future housing developments by speaking up at City Council meetings when they are on the agenda. Engage others from your neighborhood, congregation, or social group to join you in participating.

Inclusionary Housing

Longmont’s Inclusionary Housing (IH) Ordinance requires the provision, or the equivalent, of 12% of units in new residential developments be affordable to low- and moderate-income buyers. There are several ways owners/developers can meet the requirements.

Sales and rental prices are set by the City and are made available, along with the methodology, on the city’s website.

Find the details, plus annual reports on the program, at https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/departments-e-m/housing-and-community-investment/housing-program-assistance/assistance-for-builders-developers/inclusionary-housing