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Boulder staff outlines manufactured-housing strategy, flags aging stock and infrastructure needs
Summary
City staff presented an update on Boulder’s manufactured‑housing strategy, describing decades‑old home inventories, flood‑damaged infrastructure, recent land purchases and state law changes; staff said it will pursue grants and resident supports while warning repair and replacement costs and legal limits could complicate preservation.
City of Boulder staff presented an update to the Boulder Housing Advisory Board on May 14 about the city’s manufactured‑housing strategy, outlining the age and condition of homes in local mobile home parks, infrastructure needs after the 2013 floods and steps staff are taking to preserve affordability.
The strategy presentation was led by Molly Tayer, identified to the board as a senior housing policy project manager. Tayer said the city purchased the Ponderosa mobile home park in 2017 using Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG‑DR) funds after flood damage and that the city has been reviewing an action plan first adopted in 2019 and updated during the pandemic.
Why it matters: Boulder’s mobile and manufactured housing communities provide lower‑cost home‑ownership and rental options in a city with high housing costs. Tayer told the board that a large share of the manufactured stock is old and that both private owners and the city face technical and financial challenges to preserve the housing and prevent displacement.
Tayer summarized the housing stock and infrastructure risks: about 37% of manufactured homes in Boulder’s mobile home communities were…
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