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Centennial staff urges DRCOG to correct data gaps in regional housing needs assessment under SB 24-174
Summary
City staff told the Centennial City Council the Denver-region assessment by DRCOG allocates 7,300 units to Centennial over 10 years but undercounts locally permitted units and omits land‑capacity details; staff recommended submitting formal comments to DRCOG by Sept. 12.
Centennial staff on July 15 told the City Council that the Denver regional housing needs assessment prepared by the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) and tied to Senate Bill 24-174 allocates 7,300 housing units to Centennial for the next decade but contains data differences the city wants addressed. Melanie Ward, the city's manager of development, foresight and infrastructure readiness, told the council the DRCOG assessment “allocates a 10‑year housing need to Centennial of 7,300 units” and recommends the Denver region build roughly 223,000 units over the next decade toward a broader 500,000‑unit target by 2050. Ward said DRCOG used a HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) permit dataset that shows about 1,700 units permitted in Centennial over the past decade; Centennial’s internal permitting records show almost 3,000 units permitted over the same period, an undercount Ward…
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