Housing Needs Assessment | City of Colorado Springs

In Progress

Seeking Input

We invite you to complete the Housing Needs Community Questionnaire. Input from residents is essential in determining community challenges, goals, and needs. Please answer each question in the following questionnaire as accurately as possible, as responses help determine which housing types and issues to prioritize. The questionnaire will close on June 13, 2025.
Note that participation is limited to El Paso County residents. Your responses are completely anonymous.

Take the Survey

La opinión de los residentes es esencial para identificar los desafíos, metas y necesidades de la comunidad. Por favor, responda cada pregunta de la siguiente encuesta con la mayor precisión posible, ya que sus respuestas ayudarán a determinar qué tipos y problemas de vivienda deben priorizarse. La encuesta cerrará el 13 de junio de 2025.
Tenga en cuenta que la participación está limitada a residentes del Condado de El Paso. Sus respuestas son completamente anónimas.

Encuesta en español

Contact

Department:

Housing and Homelessness Response

Housing & Homelessness Response Department

housingandhomelessnessresponse.smb@coloradosprings.gov

Key Dates

March 2025

Stakeholder outreach

April 2025

Community survey

Summer 2025

Public meetings

Fall 2025

Plan completion

The Housing Needs Assessment is a regional effort led by the City of Colorado Springs to provide a clear picture of the housing supply, challenges, and needs across El Paso County. The data collected through the Assessment will provide valuable insight into housing trends and will serve as a tool for making data-driven decisions to address housing needs effectively.

The assessment will result in a series of geographic specific recommendations for the City of Colorado Springs and Unincorporated El Paso County across several areas that could include:

Needs for Specific Housing Groups (seniors, workforce housing needs, low-income earners)
Funding and Financing Opportunities
Partnership Opportunities

As part of this effort, an online Housing Dashboard will be developed to present key housing data and analyses.

Note: The Housing Needs Assessment will only collect data for Calhan, Green Mountain Falls, Fountain, Manitou Springs, Monument, Palmer Lake and Ramah and will not provide recommendations or prescribe actions for how these jurisdictions could use the data. Decisions and actions based on the data rest under the discretion of the leadership of each municipality.

About

The City of Colorado Springs has contracted with Matrix Design Group to conduct a comprehensive Housing Needs Assessment to address critical gaps in housing availability. Tatiana Bailey, Ph.D., Executive Director of Data-Driven Economic Strategies and local Colorado Springs economist, is a strategic advisor on the Housing Needs Assessment project.

This project, partially funded by the City of Colorado Springs, the El Paso County Community Development Block Grant, and the Colorado Infrastructure and Strong Communities Grant Program, is designed to identify needs and recommendations for the City of Colorado Springs and unincorporated areas of El Paso County. Providing access to this data for the additional seven other municipalities within El Paso County, enables each jurisdiction to use the findings independently, making informed decisions that best serve their residents. The Housing Needs Assessment is being conducted in response to the City’s growing population, Mayoral priorities, and SB 24-174 requirement.

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