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Colorado Market Intelligence

Demand signals, supply trends, affordable inventory, risk indicators, and policy landscape for Colorado affordable housing — built entirely on public datasets with no proprietary API keys required.

📈 Demand Signals

Source: ACS 5-Year Estimates (Census Bureau, public API)

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Cost-Burdened Renters (≥30% income)

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Severely Cost-Burdened (≥50% income)

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Household Growth (5-yr)

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Overcrowded Units (>1 person/room)

ACS B25070 (rent-to-income ratio), B25014 (occupants per room), B11001 (household count). Vintage: most recent 5-year release.

🏗️ Supply Signals

Source: Census Building Permits Survey (public)

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Multifamily Permits (12 mo)

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Multifamily Completions (12 mo)

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Units Under Construction

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Permits YoY Change

Census Building Permits Survey (bps.census.gov, public). State-level data via FRED series COBPPRIV and COBPPRIV5F.

🏠 Affordable Inventory

Source: HUD LIHTC Database (public ArcGIS endpoint)

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LIHTC Projects

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LIHTC Total Units

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Low-Income Units

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LIHTC Units per 1,000 HH

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In Prop 123 Jurisdictions

HUD LIHTC database via CHFA ArcGIS Feature Service and HUD ArcGIS (public endpoints). Data may lag current year by 12–18 months.

⚠️ Risk Dashboard

Vacancy Proxy

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ACS B25004 vacancy rate

Rent Trend (Proxy)

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Median gross rent YoY (ACS)

Pipeline Pressure

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Permits issued / existing units

Affordability Gap

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60% AMI rent vs market rent

Risk indicators are proxies derived from public Census and FRED data. Not a substitute for a full market study.

📋 Policy Landscape

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Prop 123 Committed Jurisdictions

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Prop 123 Counties

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Prop 123 Municipalities

Key Policy Resources

Prop 123 data from data/prop123_jurisdictions.json (local file; updated via PR).

💼 Economic Health

Source: BLS LAUS (unemployment), BLS QCEW (job growth), ACS 2019–2024 (affordability, population)

Unemployment Rate

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Job Growth 5-Year %

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Affordability Index

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Population Growth 5-Year %

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Median Home Price

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Median Household Income

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Unemployment: BLS LAUS annual average. Job growth: BLS QCEW / CO OLSS 5-year change. Affordability index = median home price ÷ median household income. Population growth: ACS 5-year estimates.

📊 LIHTC Historical Trend (2015–2025)

Source: HUD LIHTC Database via CHFA ArcGIS FeatureServer (public)

Projects placed in service (YR_PIS) per year. Statewide view shows top 6 counties by total project count. Data for recent years may be incomplete as HUD LIHTC database typically lags 12–24 months.

📍 Site Selection Tool

Ready to evaluate a specific site? Use the Colorado Deep Dive map + scoring tool to compute a PMA Score and Site Selection Score using the methodology described in docs/PMA_SITE_SELECTION.md.

→ Colorado Deep Dive & Site Scoring LIHTC map · PMA scoring · Prop 123 overlay · DDA / QCT layers

Data Sources

ACS 5-Year — Census Bureau (B25070, B25014, B11001)

HUD LIHTC — Tax Credit Database

CHFA — Colorado Housing Finance Authority

FRED — Economic Series & Housing Starts

BLS LAUS — Unemployment Data

BLS QCEW — Job Growth Data

Prop 123 — DOLA Commitment Filings

LEHD/LODES — Commuting Flows

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