Housing and urban planning

Local News

Council expected to delay building fee public hearing

share to be discussed in May

March 15, 2016

Local News

Durango City Council seeks to encourage affordable housing

Protection for condo builders, fair-share ordinance changes possible

March 14, 2016

Local News

Southwest Colorado homeless program receives HUD grant

Housing Solutions for the Southwest gets $139,910 to aid homeless families

March 8, 2016

Local News

New pot grow may sprout in Mancos

in lieu of open space could be reduced

February 20, 2016

Local News

HUD announces $2.6 million in grants for Ute tribes

will benefit low-income families

February 16, 2016

Local News

Durango City Councilors search for ways to trim housing costs

The Durango City Council supported increasing the fair share fees that developers of large projects are required to pay Tuesday…

February 9, 2016

Local News

Durango City Council considers long-term housing for homeless

Project would require tax credits

February 9, 2016

Business

Residential designs unveiled for Calkins Building

Alex Carter, superintendent for the Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School District, said the developers who purchased the Calkins Building are planning to…

January 30, 2016

Nation & World

Few U.S. neighborhoods affordable, near schools

Pedestrians wait to cross streets in Seattle’s University District neighborhood on Wednesday. Across the country, just 14 percent of neighborhoods…

January 27, 2016

Local News

Changes to Three Springs plans approved

Durango City Council will hear changes next

January 25, 2016

Local News

More Florida Road townhomes proposed

Durango Planning Commission OKs annexation

January 25, 2016

Local News

Three Springs community in Durango prepares for more growth

1,000 people expected to live in subdivision by end of ’16

January 9, 2016

Local News

Durango labor shortage and slow income growth are challenges

Economic experts view next year with tempered optimism

January 6, 2016

Local News

Construction coming to Twin Buttes

Development under new management with the same vision

January 5, 2016

Local News

Durango may let businesses provide housing

Planning commission to take up development proposal Monday

January 1, 2016

Local News

Townhomes proposed for Boker Lumber site

Development would be lowest density proposal so far

December 16, 2015

Pine River Times news

Report: Montezuma County renters are caught in bind

rents 40 percent higher than HUD's fair market value

December 10, 2015

Local News

Durango City Council seeks to ease housing shortage

Condos, ADUs, new regs all part of housing puzzle

December 9, 2015

Local News

Housing policy debate to continue in Durango

Registration of accessory dwelling units ends Dec. 31

December 6, 2015

Local News

Pricey Durango: Is your rent more than you can afford?

Southwest Colorado Index releases first housing update since 2008

December 2, 2015

Local News

More than 200 accessory dwelling units registered in Durango

Dec. 31 deadline, fees likely to go up

November 25, 2015

Local News

Road-impact fees may come to La Plata County

Conversation revived from 2010

October 29, 2015

Local News

Master plan estimates $190M needed for airport

decline of about 1 percent in passenger numbers seen in 2015

October 13, 2015

Regional News

Colorado’s affordable artist housing efforts catching on

Soon enough, property values rise and artists are forced out of the settlements they helped create. It’s happened in areas…

October 11, 2015