Broomfield Housing task force seeks poll funding for $10M‑per‑year ballot measure to close $15M gap

Representatives of the volunteer Broomfield Housing Stability Task Force told council on March 18 that the community faces an estimated annual gap of roughly $15 million in services for people with housing instability, and asked the city to fund a scientific poll to gauge voter support for a local ballot measure to raise approximately $10 million per year.

Martin Dormish, a Ward 1 resident who chairs the task force, said the group — formed from the Broomfield Housing Solutions Forum — proposes a self‑capped local measure that would raise roughly $10 million annually via either a roughly 0.5 percentage‑point sales tax (exempting basic necessities) or a commercial construction‑excise tax. Dormish said the task force would then ask local nonprofits and philanthropic partners to raise the remaining ~$5 million per year.

“We are attempting to address our most urgent…