70% of Colorado land zoned for housing prohibits the most affordable types of homes

Certain Littleton groups keep pushing a ban on smaller home types (duplexes and townhomes) in our neighborhoods, so to meet the need for homes then what gets built are larger multi-unit building. The Colorado Sun has a great piece on how residential zoning prohibits the most affordable types of homes (the kind people might buy).

You can build a house almost anywhere in Colorado.

You just can’t build one that most people can afford.

That’s the stark takeaway from a landmark zoning report released last month by the National Zoning Atlas, a group of researchers who have spent the last two years conducting a first-of-its-kind study of land use codes across 334 Colorado cities, towns and unincorporated areas.

The group found that on the vast majority of land, in the vast majority of Colorado communities, it’s not just difficult to build housing the average household can afford — it’s outright illegal.

Read the full story on The Sun → coloradosun.com/2025/07/01/national-zoning-atlas-study-colorado-land-use-apartments-townhomes-lot-sizes-parking/